Insurmountable

Sri Djoko 1975 (Indonesia)



In the midst of loneliness
I curled up myself into salvation
I knew by heart it was all over
It was indispensable

Your existence is indelible
Yet you have perished long ago
Living forward within the tangling
Reality and realm of minds
Is so much living in a “ship-wreck”

A part of me was so much drown
My feet were dredging so hard to climb back up
A son clinging on my shoulder
A must duty call coexisted
That I must immediately resume the new roles of life

A decade has passed
A new history has been recorded
His son is now a young man to be
He reminded me once again of you

Has time been harsh on me?
Or has it taught me to grow stronger
Peeling layer by layers of flips and flops
Swayed me across the mysteries of life

Persistence and consistency
Absorbed me the most of all
Attacked of left and right
Enabled me the survival from the punching bag of life.

The incidences of life
With the driven force to survive
It is insurmountable

About this poem

Life journey and experiences towards a process with persistencies and will to survive gives a speechless jaw dropping moment.

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Written on July 07, 2022

Submitted by W1lPoems on July 07, 2022

Modified by W1lPoems on July 07, 2022

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Scheme XXAB BXXXX XXACD XCEX EAXD EXXD DXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 951
Words 191
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3

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  • AINA.H
    Nice and simple poem
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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