I Can Carry This

one day you finally knew

what you had to do..and began

though the voices around you

kept shouting

their bad advice

though the whole house

began to tremble

and you felt the old tug

at your ankles

"mend my life!"

each voice cried

but you didn't stop

you knew what you had to do

though the wind pried

with its stiff fingers

at the very foundations

though their melancholy

was terrible

it was already late

enough..and a wild night

and the road full of fallen

branches and stones

but little by little

as you left their voices behind

the stars began to burn

through the sheets of clouds

and there was a new voice

which you slowly

recognized as your own

that kept you company

as you strode deeper and deeper

into the world

determined to do

the only thing you could do...

determined to save

the only life you could save

its up to me

i

can

carry

this