persistence

her persistence

brought the fact

that she was

obsessed

to the mind of

her dearest

compadres &

they watched

as with each

passing day

the object of

her obsession

became more &

more all that she

would live to be---

while this scared

them they

remembered the

her that existed

prior to this

obsession &

remembered how

lost & how depressed

she seemed to walk

in the world---

now, she was

determined to get

somewhere,

she was determined

to meet someone,

she was determined

to become something

else

which might prove to

get her through,

but it all weighed upon

the success of her

persistence,

the meeting of her

obsession &

if her strength came

from the process of

that challenge,

they feared what would

happen afterward,

if she attained her

goal.