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The Light on Ambition

from the early notebook

Gaze at the light —
it’s so blindingly bright.
I’ve decided to follow it,
to crawl from this darkened pit.

Purpose is strong and creates my ambition;
now nothing is wrong with elated volition.

The stars appear brighter;
my future is lighter.
I refuse to go down, because I am a fighter.

It’s insane to live life like a man in the dark,
leaving whispering shadows to breathe their remarks.
Will is the left arm, and power the right;
faith holds the body and motives upright.
Believe to receive, and act with a vengeance —

all power is hinged on the words “common sense.”
Relive in your mind your victory’s beauty;
think of success as you know that it could be.
Nothing — no, nothing — is set in its ways;
it only takes one to set a fire ablaze.

shadowshining · poems by ethank