The Struggle Continues

By Tony DeLorger © 2011

Sometimes my soul feels like a parched desert, cracked and open,

dry from weathered life and the expense of the harsh actions of others.

Their selfish deeds like low blows invade my being with ferocity,

my open mind prey to their venting personal conflicts.

I can choose to veil myself, creates walls of protection,

but in doing so I shut myself from the beauty, the finer world.

So I remain prey to the hateful, open to the lower mentalities,

unable to have one without the other.

The problem becomes obvious within a world of conflict,

the air filled with injustice and bitterness.

It seeps into you like a fog, absorbed into your being,

relentlessly invading your will to entreat anger.

It takes all my resources to resist this invasion of negative thought,

and to remain focused on the love and compassion of a world to be.

I can but uphold my will by expression and continue my fight,

knowing that love will conquer fear in the end.

Not many understand this internal conflict,

this unyielding struggle, this path of isolation.

But I remain true to myself and hold tightly to my belief,

that I will prevail and love as a consequence.

My beating heart is proof enough,

that life will triumph over the adversity of fear.