Determination, I salute your courage
When the sweeping floods flooded your path, you walked through their assault unhurt
When the scorching sun shut their ferocious rays, you just wiped away their salty wearying sweat.
You determined to determine your destiny.

Determination, I salute your courage
When the sweeping floods flooded your path, you walked through their assault unhurt
When the scorching sun shut their ferocious rays, you just wiped away their salty wearying sweat.
You determined to determine your destiny.
*****
Defying the forces of gravity you reached the top
Swimming against the tide, you made the cherished other side
Smiling at the storm, you dismissed anxiety
Laughing at undue circumstances, you circumvented fate
Looking at the big mountain ahead, behind you saw a bigger God
Watching the sweeping wind, like Eagle you used it to reach your destination.
*****
Success has flowered and blossomed around you.
Courage has been your substantive driving force.
Faith in God, your deciding determining factor
You looked in, looked up and then you looked out.
You never looked down or listened to whispering discouragement.
Forward ever, backward never was your victory song.
- Culled from The Last Curse (Angel series book one)