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

[icelandicblue]

This is wonderful and no truer words have been spoken; you are the captain of your own ship. It sounds like this is a companion piece to your earlier poem. Good luck with your decisions.

[Rachelle]

Thank you. Mental toughness.