I Will Survive
The greatest thing I have is the knowledge of survival.
I will live on no matter my problems.
He didn’t die for nothing.
I will not die from this pain, from this stress,
I will conquer.
I will survive the test.
Lead me out into the fray
The fray of action because
I can’t stand satisfaction today.
I am too lost to lose anything
And I want to lose it all just to regain it and be a
Witness and testimony to the Hope I’ve found.
On a crowded street corner in LA
My spirit if slain will multiply like influenza
I will survive. Forget the odds today
They lost their worth at 0 AD.
I will conquer but not in my name.
Lock me up because I already have the key,
The will to live,
A mission to live,
A goal to see finished.
About the author
I live with my wife, an artist, in Indianapolis. Besides poetry, I like to take photographs, read books, travel overseas, and listen to news/political podcasts, college lectures and classic literature. You can read about my approach to poetry on my poetics page. To stay in touch, follow me on Twitter or connect on a variety of other social networks.
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