Slog

~ Harlan Didrickson 

It has been 
a long slow
slog down the 
familiar rut of 
life dodging trenches 
trees and passing 
pitfalls stumbling into 
holes divots and 
dumps to finally 
find myself here 
if ever I
have learned anything 
it’s that to
lose one gains
tire you will 
tire we do 
but give up
never or ever