Only Persevere

As we age
We learn to
Say no
To the things
We don't really want to do
When asked.
I don't think
We ever learn
To say no
For things we wish
To accomplish for ourselves.
We keep adding
To the list
Until we attain the goal
Or we give up.
May we never give up;
Only persevere.

Shifting Horizons

Ever evolving
We change with the tides
That move us
inexorably
Onward
To a destination
Only dimly seen
On the horizon.
Yet as we gaze
Ahead into the unknown
The shifting mists
Obscure the vision
Until that which we thought
Would be is now
No longer there.
It has been replaced
By something
Unimagined
And yet unfulfilled
But drawing
Us into itself.

Pursuit

Pursue what you love
With all of your heart.
You must start
With one tiny step;
Place your focus
On what is ahead;
Put aside your dread
Of failure.
The end is gained
One goal at a time
When sometimes there isn't a rhyme
Or a reason to go on.
Because success is
The progressive realization --
The actualization --
Of your worthy dream.
It's all in the pursuit.