Perseverance

Dear Perseverance,

Blood, sweat, and tears run together to create a mixture of individuality
Each solution alone tells the story of
another day's work
another lonely struggle
another heavy defeat
another day in the world.
However, when combined,
this mixture of pain, discomfort, and sorrow
retells a story of the past
a phenomenal ancestry

Backs broken and bellies aching
A courageous people in the making
Working to keep mental sanity
Because if you were to fall then so would the rest of our precious humanity
The cuts and bruises were deeper and truer
until day by day there were fewer.
Then there were none...

but there was I.

I learn of what came before me
through published works that came after me.
All the while digesting the fact that I will never be able to join you...
you poor soul that constantly endures days of defeat.
An invariable fight for dignity, strength, and freedom

I now have so many opportunities to be
better, stronger, and even braver than before.
It is time to step up
time to realize that
Change starts with me.

The desire to change is birthed from the womb of hope that thrives in my soul.
How can I be anything less?
If you can bear these burdens then surely I can triumph far greater things.
We can work together to create a potential road of success.
For me and for all of those to come.

I am currently under construction, in case you were wondering.
I may not wear a yellow hard hat or have a tool bet around my waist,
but I promise I am working on some repairs.
I know that after what you have done for me I should be a far better person.
But I have found that I am selfish and I tend to lose sight of what should be important in my life.
I promise you that I am working to correct all my faults.
Those you see, and those I have learned to hide quite well.
I know I have disappointed you, but I am going to change
I promise to make you proud.

We work together to create an image far greater than anything
Picasso or Da Vinci could have conjured up.
We merge into one solid painting of your past, my present, and our future.

Love Always,

Dorian