Struggle On – A Poem

Snow falling on cedar logs

My breath visible to my eyes

Clouds laden with their heavy load

Floating heavily in the skies.

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Stamping feet on the forest floor

Blowing warm breath in my hands

Trying desperately to keep warm

As I struggle home.

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My friends are somewhere else

In this interminable landscape

Although we all came together

We are now spread wide.

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Winter hikes amid winter weather

Walking in the snow

When the weather closes in

Which direction to walk I no longer know.

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Still, I keep walking

And the snow keeps falling

But I have no choice now

But to struggle on.

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I’m sure I will find my way home

If I struggle on

Life is full of hardship

But we struggle on.