Rising From The Past

An older poem of mine that I restructured. It is about allowing ones dream to guide them and realizing that one must also work hard to achieve that dream while overcoming their past and present.

Rising From The Past

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by: SeemsPoetic

S o  m a n y  c o m p l i c a t e d  p e o p l e

No one life has a sequel

Simply because we're so perfectly unequal

We are here then just as fast were gone

No one life like ours again will ever come

It seems that in every way were all so lost in the gray haze

Lost in life's maze

But we all have that thought that seems to never stay away

We let it take over and new paths are made

A vision purely based off superstitions

Not truly knowing what's ahead

There's obstacles we're afraid of

Simply avoiding the collisions

It's only the path that the fears cause you to stray from

Some dreams require talent

Some require effort and hard work

But I was once told that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard

So you gotta’ become a work horse

An unstoppable force

Gotta’ set your own course

Don't let up

Gotta’ get your chin up

Just get fed up with this bad luck cuz’ its only in your head

Just understand and remember...

Right here is where everything that ever happened ever led  

That realization of a dream

But so many of our dreams are ripping at the seams it seems

Again and again

But look ahead (look ahead)

You're only in the dark until you fight your way back to the light

You gotta work your way back from the dead

Human potentials truly endless if you do what you love and do what you like

Why in the world would you go back on everything you said

T h i s  i s  y o u r  o n e  a n d  o n l y  l i fe

And it's true that our fates in our own two hands

So make sure you crunch those fists

Fight your way on up and out from down in the ditch

It's your life

It’s y o u r life

It's your dream

It's y o u r dream...

So on that dream you gotta stay fixed

You gotta rise up from the past my friend

Dreams were made to last

Trust me when I say

Your hard work will one day be redeemed

If you truly believe in fairness

In the end it's only hard work and effort...

T h a t   t r u l y   t a k e    u s   t o   G r e a t n e s s …

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