Off into the sunset …

68.          Hero

Each morning you rise
And step into the day,
Greet warmly the cherub
Who is not the child
Of your dreams,
Whose needs—
So demanding—
Take all that you have
And are
And a little more,
And define and refine you.
Yet still you find strength
To take one step forward
And fight two steps back,
To stand firm and to give,
To care and to love,
To face today’s challenge
So […]