Why give up now?

I wish I knew

I wish somebody told me

I wish I never went down that path

I wish it were all better

I wish I knew then

What I know now

Then I wouldn’t be in such a place

I would be far better off

Life would be breezy

As the ocean wind

In the heart of spring,

Cooling me down

From a hard day of working,

A long day of taking the heat,

Fighting the good fight,

Walking through the necessary fires!

But I am stranded now,

Feeling the heat,

Outside left to dry

Dreaming of the inside!

Burning inside the wrong fires!

Now I wither

This autumn did not come with a harvest

But my dry branches

Petrified as a fossilized tree trunk,

The leave did not green last spring,

Nor were fruits bared although rain poured,

A free gift from above, but no!

The seed fell on rocks,

It feels comfortable in the winter

I’m afraid to go out of hibernation when spring comes around again!

To take off the heavy clothing weighing on my spirit,

I just want to stay hidden!

Why did you pull me out from my warm den?

I don’t want to be here

Let me stay hidden forever,

I’m done,

So, leave me alone!

Is that so?

Why give up now

Don’t you now know what you wish you knew then?

Is that not the truth of the season?

The warmth of the sunrise?

Saying, ‘Hey! It is a new day! There is a road ahead. Your world is green again!’

A year from now

Will you not wish to have taken the step?

Climbed out of this dark whole?

Or don’t you wish to be proud that you did?

What you have accomplished

Small or big,

It is much to be desired

So?

What will you do?

Don’t give up

It is not over yet,

You are very much, still in this fight,

And as such, big bear,

Get out of hibernation,

And rise and shine!