Alive

Alive
within this imperfect body
within this restless heart
within this unquiet mind
lies a ferocious spirit.

Brook no resistance
against the demons of the past.
For they are weak and powerless.

They will gather and circle.
They will nip at your heels,
and fill your head with
noise and nonsense.

They will whine and whimper.
They will tell you stories
of their heartache and their sorrow.
They will show how you alone
have inflicted all of their wounds,
how you alone have caused
all of their grief and misery.

But the demons cannot penetrate
a determined countenance
and a resolute constancy....

Let them growl and grumble.
Watch them coalesce
and divide.

They cannot breach your ferocious spirit.
They have no power
but what you give them.

DLD/12JUL07

Listening to: Desert Rose (Sting).
Waiting for: Round two of grade conversion. Sigh.