Each To a Portion of the Shine

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Mortal Man, I speak to thee:

Why should you drown your mind

In shallow puddles of defeat?

Why should you quake at the heights

Of success?

Why should your vision be clouded

By the dark clouds of pessimism?

I have seen soaring dreams nose-dive

By ten-pence fear hatched in doubtful minds

I have also seen humble men

Who couldn’t add 2 to 2

Scale up the heights

All because they stared down the sun.

So, carry on, mortal man

Keep the fire burning, keep the spirit going

If you have to rest, rest

But the spring of your feet should never relent

Re-ignite the spark, set ablaze your element

Kick it up, mortal man, do your thing

Let the grasses whisper your greatness

Let the hills echo your worth

Let the dust gather up

You are echo, reverberate.

Lorot Son of the Hills’ Notes:

For Thank God It’s Friday (TGIF) Poetry Slam of Nanyuki held every first Friday of every month. The second edition is today, 2^nd September 2011. The theme is 'DARE TO DREAM'.