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The least of hardship was when
She broke her toe,
Age nine,
Her youngest brother
Then a mewling newborn
In her arms.
She’d been pacing
Through the night
To let Mother
Recover some.
Ever the intrepid
Elder child,
Rose missed but
A step,
Taped her toes,
And walked on
Till the morn.
For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Intrepid in 52 words
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
When resolve wobbles,
When your heart
Worries at
Goals
And your fingers
Forget
Their own
Flow –
Recall how
Every wave
Oscillates
To and fro,
How
The ocean
Itself
Undulates
Onto each
Remote
Shore.
For The Daily Post
Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
They don’t give up.
They push on, they keep trying.
For the plainest of skills.
Simple tasks need endurance:
Every sentence’s a summit
Every speech sound’s a triumph of will.
Such tenacious young children
Built of grit and forbearance
Marathoners of life’s endless sprints
All uphill.
Oh, how deeply they teach me
The depth of true mettle
In courage, in hope to succeed.
Their indomitable spirit
Forms a marvel:
Pure resolve wrought from steel.
For The Daily Post
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