Poetry, retros, reflective prose etc.

Some Days Are a Thousand Years

/in /by

Some days start out with anxious suspense and end with glad tidings

Some days you hear both groaning and rejoicing

Some days remind you how puny you are, vis-à-vis the grandeur of the Almighty

Some days you hear decibels of sound that will reecho year after year

Some days are both an end and a beginning

Some days give you a new identity that will last your lifetime

Some days alter your trajectory but open up new vistas of possibilities and opportunities
Some days are simply serendipitous
Some days you receive a bundle of joy
 Some days are a thousand years
 June 23 was all that for me — six years ago

Men of True Mettle

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The call was made
 for men of true mettle.
Who will stand on his feet,
 with his face to the wind?
Who will hold his own feet
 to the fire?
Who will stick to his principles
 till his dying breath?
I said,
 “I will.”
I will draw a line
 in the sand.
I will bite
 the bullet.
I will surrender
 to what it takes.
Through brute force,
 through massive action,
I will seize it.
I will mobilize
 the psychological resources
 needed to fight.
I am stepping over the line—
 and will do absolutely anything
 to make it happen.
Even if I must tread
 the long, tortuous path,
 I will not hesitate.
For that is the way
 of men of spirit,
 men of true mettle.