Capes

Tell me, how far..the bottom is, from the top..remind me, with every breath..that until I'm there, I can't stop..sink holes, everywhere..waiting to wrap you up in chains..you've been, in and out before..and you will, climb out again..the race is endless..a never ending road..it's brutal and filled with pain..but you are stronger and more bold..watch the curves and roll the punches..watch the dips, and batter's swing..bob, duck and weave..use your all, your everything..hell may kiss your heals..with the most painful burn..keep hope and keep faith..and from every lesson, learn..you've been here..you've fought a battle like this, before..keep on, keeping strong..it will push you even more..and the earth, will cave in..leaving caverns where you stand..get ready to leap..and have faith in where you land..no human, is your ruler..and no one has the right..to beat you into a corner..so you stand up, and you fight..if scars, spelled out names..i would be a branded, listed scroll..but they only spell out the courage..of a heart that can't  grow old..you can not save a ship..that has already sank, far from shore..but you can keep from drowning..and swim to so much more..rise up, rise up and gather..your patched heart, and weathered soul..rise up, rise up and gather..and never let the battle, make you cold..learn what you deserve..know what you don't..understand how much you can take..and just how much you won't..be you're own kind of beautiful..and if it's a hero, that you need..slip on your own cape..because that's what you can be..   -Twila Jane Savoy-