Direction

Focus: The test of growth is characterized by the ability to see beyond the despair and embrace it as your springboard to greatness.

Shut my eyes and dispel the pain

Desperately willing rationality to reign.

Logical measures to contain the fear

Restraining myself from shedding tears.

Stiff upper lip to chart my course

No more time to feel remorse.

The keys I grasp and lock my heart

None shall ever tear me apart.

Wiped away the tears forlorn

Making way for a brand new morn

Open wide my self-imposed tomb

This will not be my impending doom.

I am the captain of this battered ship

Master of this lifelong trip.

Pain and sorrow buried away

I make my journey on this day.

Author's Note

I am NOT my father's daughter for nothing!

Reviews

[writ rajat]

i want to know that how you fetch such a huge comments box????

[Rachelle]

I am not so sure I understand what you mean..

[writ rajat]

how you fetch such a large number of reviews

[Rachelle]

Take some time to appreciate the work of others. You will learn more if you read their works. There are many wonderful writers in this community. You only need to discover them. Then, take some time to understand their work and find the beauty in them. Don't be after reviews. Be here to appreciate the variety of work made by many talented writers around the world.

[writ rajat]

thanks you for your wondrous advice

[Rachelle]

You are welcome!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sometimes we just try so hard to suppress our feelings...and yet they eat away at us, and in the end either explode or in some way leave us damaged...

being vulnerable is not such a bad thing...but some of us really have trouble admitting any weakness.

i really like this poem...

[max_vonnegut]

I really enjoyed this, especially the last stanza, I think it was the best ending for it. Your rhyming was perfect. Awesome, awesome job!

[Rachelle]

Thank you, max_vonnegut! I appreciate your visit and review!

[tworeeler]

Fantastic use of metaphor, right on the money...I enjoy the rhyming scheme as well.
Very honest, didn't feel morbid to me (but consider the source). Please keep writing. It doesn't get much easier, but it's worth the trouble.

[Rachelle]

Thank you, Nick!

[Pryde Foltz]

I am the captain of this battered ship
Master of this lifelong trip.
Pain and sorrow buried away
I make my journey on this day.

I am both inspired and worried by the message in this piece. The sense of immense inner strength is delivered but there is just the small undercurrent of denial that one fears will rear its ugly head at the wrong time. Fantastic write.

[Rachelle]

Thank you, Pryde! We are all still vulnerable, aren't we?…. No matter the strength of resolve…..

[kublakhan27]

I've been chasing this kind of resolve in my life for as long as I can remember...being a sensitive person is an awful pain in the neck sometimes haha You have great command of your images and message here, great piece :)

[Rachelle]

Thank you, kublakhan27. The greatest challenge now is to make written words a reality.

[Shaquana Adams]

The keys I grasp and lock my heart
None shall ever tear me apart.

Pain and sorrow buried away
I make my journey on this day.

Very nice. I like the connection between the title and the actual poem. The fact that there is not an obvious mention of the word "direction" in the poem helped depict the feelings behind it. Good work :)

[Rachelle]

Thank you, Shaquana! Always appreciate your visits and comments!

[Sourav]

Lovely write, very nicely crafted.

[Rachelle]

Thank you!

[Ren Grace]

Amazing job with this one, I enjoyed the read :)

[Rachelle]

Thank you, Lauren!

[Aethereal]

Pain is a part of each life
warning of the stabbing knife.
Pain tells us to change one’s course,
dig in spurs, and jump the horse.

[Rachelle]

Many thanks, Aethereal, for the wonderful verse and thoughts!