Together

[adalger]

Let us join with one another on that long and winding road.
From the valley to the valley o'er the mountaintops we go.
Should one tire, should one grow weak,
Should one falter as we seek,
Let us each pick up the load. Let us share the strength we know.

Let us walk along together in communion, hand in hand
From the morning to the evening through the brightness of the day.
Should one lag, should one retreat,
Should one wilt beneath the heat,
Let us help our friends to stand. Let us lift them on the way.

Comments

[cesy]

:) I like this.

[adalger]

Thanks!

I'm trying to get some of the happiness and optimism and hope I have into my poetry. It doesn't show up there very often, and that's a little sad, I think. It's nice to hear that people can like what I write even if I'm not crying when I write it.

[chasy]

i find that i write the best poetry when i'm sad too. it's hard for me to write happy stuff. i wonder if it's because when i'm happy, i want to hang onto it but when i'm sad, i need to release it and the only way to do that is to write...

[adalger]

For me, I think it's largely because when I'm sad or depressed or angry, I have a driving need to connect with other people to bring me back, but when I'm happy, I can be pretty self-sufficient. The change I'm trying to make is, when I'm happy, I'm making a determined effort to share that with others.

Thanks for sharing this bit of yourself. :) It's helping me to know some of the things deepest inside me, I have in common with others.

[chasy]

oo, i like what you said too! about being self-sufficient and needing someone to pull you back.