Stranded and alone,
\nI stagger, I stumble, I fall.
\nI lose myself.
\nBut still, I repeat this process.<\/p>\n
Is it because I lack the general human ability to stand,
\nOr because I am trying to find the significance in standing up each time I fall.
\nSo stranded and alone,
\nI pick myself up and I walk.
\nI stagger, I stumble, I fall.
\nI lose myself.<\/p>\n
Yet still, as this lesson brings more pain than teaching,
\nI revise my own methods and correct myself like a child after a beating,
\nBut still, I fail to see past my own reflection as my face kisses the wet tarmac.
\nBut still, I stagger, I stumble, I fall.
\nI lose myself.<\/p>\n
Till I stop and realize that it isn’t about getting back up,
\nIt is about keeping focus no matter the goal.
\nMoving even when you are alone and do not know where to go.
\nSo stranded and alone,
\nI pick myself and I walk.
\nI stagger, I stumble, I fall.
\nI will find myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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