KILIMANJARO

Theres something that won't let me QUIT
No matter how tired  I GET
Its something INSIDE
not PRIDE
Pride hates VULNERABILITY
What ever it is
APPEALS TO ME
"You quit now and youll be SORRY"
And so I keep GOING
Taking a chance
Jumping in the ocean
UNKNOWING
Whats BENEATH
is it the bottom for ME...
Or is it the coral REEF.
BEAUTY I pray it IS
DUTY to stay it IS
Mine
Stay ALTHOUGH I KNOW
It could be the bottom of the ocean
Stay knowing it could be the top of KILIMANJARO
Stay because yesterday is gone
Today is here
But theres no promise of TOMMOROW
IF i die at least I lived and did a life of what i loved
Instead of 1 I BORROWED

The Shadow and The Entry

Theres a doorway you must walk through.. and you would except... you can't see what's right past the entry.. a little afraid to know you hesitate...procrastinate..and reject anyone who pushes you toward it. Everytime you move so does a darkness near the entry... What is this darkness? Why does it mirrior your moves?  You wonder will it consume you. Would you already be through the entry if it weren't for this darkness... Damn this darkness..curse it to the heavens...this darkness has declared war...and you have declared it your enemy...As you back away from the entry..the darkness grows.. now bigger than the entry itself.. you look around for help... you feel you can't beat this alone...when you turn you see a lamp brightly shining toward the entry of the door you must pass through.... the darkness is you.... you've cast a shadow over the entry and made it ominous...get out of your own way.