Strength Reflected

It was in the bending and stretching

The covering and healing

The speaking and reflection

The absorption of knowledge

Of methods raised

In years and experience,

The ability to withstand

The mistakes made day by day

The changing of courses-

A fortitude built

With little realization

Of what was occurring,

Only moving forward

With mind’s eye on the result,

Remembering days of despair

That pushed towards a reward,

A moment spent under the sun

When the clouds have parted,

A year of growth

After years of stagnation-

It was finding patterns in the maze

And picking through the rot

And sanding away the rust

Until truth was found,

Reliability in the mirror

And not in the being beside-

It was in the mind,

Not the universe-

A reflected state

That built the empire.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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