{"sf1_id":630245,"sf2_id":"5nz04Eje","title":"Across the Divide","author":"Fox_Fusion","words":153,"posted_at":"2013-12-16T01:16:00.000Z","tags":["Poem","Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/630245-across-the-divide","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/5nz04Eje","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/cb/9d/cb9df1b5-ce81-4cfa-a1c9-b263123893c7","description":"#3 of Poetry\n\nUploading old poems. Please provide feedback, as I hope to continue editing and making these acceptable for publication.","content":"Above the valley of my distant plans,\n\nA barrier of gray from shifting storm.\n\nAcross the canyon massive unit spans,\n\nAll hope to failure raging clouds transform.\n\nSo barred from success by this foggy wall,\n\nDivided by those small suspended drops,\n\nWhich wait opportunistically to fall,\n\nI can not see those mighty mountain tops.\n\nUpon those peaks rest men's accomplishments,\n\nAbove my work's ability to reach,\n\nAttempts at joining end in punishments -\n\nA fraud exposed who has not crossed the breach.\n\nBut I won't falter as I climb my course,\n\nDespite failure's repetitive nature,\n\nI'll utilize the gifts which grant me force,\n\nUntil they grant me successful rapture.\n\nSo here in darkness underneath the cloud,\n\nI restart journey from this earthly low,\n\nTo pierce that bleak and multi layered shroud,\n\nAscending with the windy valley blow.\n\nThe heavy clouds may block the famous sky,\n\nOn gale's breath towards the blue I'll fly.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/630237-a-child-s-fears.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/630248-afterimage.json"}}