The Survivors
While watching the movie; “Soul Surfer”, I was inspired to write this poem, and begin a series where we learn from the great survivors of our time and times before now. This will lead to us finding hope no matter what we have faced or what we are going through… Someone has been where you are right now…
Title: The Survivors
They are made from storms, pain and hurt
They see life from different perspectives
Having passed through defining experiences
They live to learn not just learn to live
They are life’s music, everyone loves to hear them
They move against all odds
Surfing through the biggest waves
Soaring within the wildest winds, striving in challenges
Their will is tougher than diamond
Their courage, stronger than any known rock
Their dreams remain unmelted but are refined even in the hottest flames
Their hearts are as brave as the king of the jungle
They are Survivors
Born from the deadly claws of fate
Passed through life’s fiercest furnace
The result of earth’s mating with hell
They are life’s heroes
They are life’s victims
They are life’s contenders
And ultimately life’s testimonies
They are Survivors
They stand victorious
They live as conquerors
They defeated life at it’s own game
They are Survivors
Though battered from the contest
They have come out better
Though wounded, they also have wounded the very core of life’s norm
Call them veterans
They have seen it all
They made their home in the very heart of life’s cruelty
And made a living out of life’s hunt for blood
They have lived through times and seasons
Time became their teacher
Seasons became their classes in the school of life
The scars are life’s way of certifying them
They see what others cannot see
They feel what others cannot feel
What counts to them is not just being counted
But that their lives eventually count
Giving up was never am option
Perseverance became part of their daily meal
No retreat, no surrender
This was their battle cry
They challenged life at it’s core
Life’s soldiers fell in their wake
Intimidating structures built by life crumbled before them
They are the survivors.
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