I only noticed the cracks in my armour
As the blow came down
Beaten
Vulnerable
I rose, vowing not to be struck again
Opting for the only defense remaining
Offense
Photographically Inspired Writing
Tag: tenacity
On the Move
Unfocused
Unresolved
Motion blurred
Unresolved
Motion blurred
Unsettled
Uncertain
Movement fractured
Undeterred
Unrelenting
Moving forward
Confinement
Bound
In heart and spirit
In heart and spirit
Lost
On a forkless path
Stop
Look for a door
A ladder, a rope
Turn
Seek another path
Upon retraced steps
Wait
For alternatives
To appear
Move
Follow the instinct
Which began this path
Despair
There is no despair
Only tenacity
Some Mad Portal
No matter how dark the path
No matter how obscured
How many obstacles
No matter how obscured
How many obstacles
Some mad portal
Always seems to appear
And I find my way
My failures seem always
To be failures of perseverance
When I turn away from the path
The Texture of Beauty
What seems smooth
From afar
Proximity reveals
From afar
Proximity reveals
Scars
Pockmarks
Weathering
Textures of
Distress
Hardship
Healing
Making Waves
The waves crest
Far off the beach
Not with ferocity
But with energy
And intent
Far off the beach
Not with ferocity
But with energy
And intent
They rush onto the long
Shallow slope of sand
Which gradually saps their strength
Reduces their presence
Until they peter out before me
Weakened to ripples
Barely able to disturb the sand
Trust
She was broken and battered
Her ability to love
Damaged and misaligned
And yet
Her ability to love
Damaged and misaligned
And yet
There was to her
A tenacious spirit
She grappled despair
And brought it down
Smothering the darkness
Not so much with light
But with a glimmer
I thought it was hope
But it was trust
Not just the kind
Given to others
But the kind given to self
Given to circumstances
Given to time, and possibility
