I Will Be Worthy of It

             I may not reach the heights I seek,
                My untried strength may fail me;
                Or, half-way up the mountain peak
                Fierce tempests may assail me.
                But though that place I never gain,
                Herein lies comfort for my pain --
                I will be worthy of it.

               I may not triumph in success,
               Despite my earnest labor;
               I may not grasp results that bless
               The efforts of my neighbor.
               But though my goal I never see
               This thought shall always dwell with me --
               I will be worthy of it.

              The golden glory of Love's light
              May never fall on my way;
              My path may always lead through night,
              Like some deserted byway.
              But though life's dearest joy I miss
              There lies a nameless strength in this --
              I will be worthy of it.

                                      

                                                    - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Dancing with the wind.

Listen to the wind, you told me
And I did,
It made me see a love story
Through the fluttering of the fallen leaves-
Since then, every Fall was beautiful
As I listened to you.

This Fall, I failed to listen
to those fluttering leaves-
Since I stopped believing in love stories
And in you.

Yet, the gentle wind tugged me on
To listen silently and to feel closely
Tossing the leaves freely all around me-
And I listened without you,
To the whispers beckoning me
Of unknown loves and glories,
That had yet to drift over me.

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