The Archer's March

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  • Eclipsed By You
  • To Don and Vincent Both
  • Life's Not a Race
  • True Friendship is Gold
  • Such a Cost
  • Therefore I Write
  • Suicide is Painless?
  • Fear Alone
  • You're Not Alone
  • Despair's a Sin
  • Let go, Let God
  • Hidden
  • Mathematical Virtue
  • Stuck in the Soup
  • De Leon's Dream
  • Echoes
  • In His Hand
  • Revolve, Evolve and Grow
  • Appreciation
  • The Summit
  • From the Jaws of Defeat
  • If Not First Myself
  • She Moves Me
  • Never Really Dark
  • To Ignore Fear and Dobt
  • Rise Above & Be the Light
  • Strive to Rebuild
  • I Really Don't Know
  • Let It Go
  • Goodness Never Marred
  • Despair Not
  • Defensores Libertatis
  • Spring
  • A Punic Picture
  • February Stroll
  • Ignore the Dark
  • Resolution
  • Unresolved
  • Va Tutto Bene?
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
  • To Thine Ownself...
  • Doubt Kills All
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    • Home
    • About
    • The Sonnet
    • Intertextuality
    • I've Heard
    • I'll Sleep in Peace
    • Where I Belong
    • Daily Rendezvous
    • Eclipsed By You
    • To Don and Vincent Both
    • Life's Not a Race
    • True Friendship is Gold
    • Such a Cost
    • Therefore I Write
    • Suicide is Painless?
    • Fear Alone
    • You're Not Alone
    • Despair's a Sin
    • Let go, Let God
    • Hidden
    • Mathematical Virtue
    • Stuck in the Soup
    • De Leon's Dream
    • Echoes
    • In His Hand
    • Revolve, Evolve and Grow
    • Appreciation
    • The Summit
    • From the Jaws of Defeat
    • If Not First Myself
    • She Moves Me
    • Never Really Dark
    • To Ignore Fear and Dobt
    • Rise Above & Be the Light
    • Strive to Rebuild
    • I Really Don't Know
    • Let It Go
    • Goodness Never Marred
    • Despair Not
    • Defensores Libertatis
    • Spring
    • A Punic Picture
    • February Stroll
    • Ignore the Dark
    • Resolution
    • Unresolved
    • Va Tutto Bene?
    • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
    • To Thine Ownself...
    • Doubt Kills All

The Archer's March

The Archer's MarchThe Archer's MarchThe Archer's March
  • Home
  • About
  • The Sonnet
  • Intertextuality
  • I've Heard
  • I'll Sleep in Peace
  • Where I Belong
  • Daily Rendezvous
  • Eclipsed By You
  • To Don and Vincent Both
  • Life's Not a Race
  • True Friendship is Gold
  • Such a Cost
  • Therefore I Write
  • Suicide is Painless?
  • Fear Alone
  • You're Not Alone
  • Despair's a Sin
  • Let go, Let God
  • Hidden
  • Mathematical Virtue
  • Stuck in the Soup
  • De Leon's Dream
  • Echoes
  • In His Hand
  • Revolve, Evolve and Grow
  • Appreciation
  • The Summit
  • From the Jaws of Defeat
  • If Not First Myself
  • She Moves Me
  • Never Really Dark
  • To Ignore Fear and Dobt
  • Rise Above & Be the Light
  • Strive to Rebuild
  • I Really Don't Know
  • Let It Go
  • Goodness Never Marred
  • Despair Not
  • Defensores Libertatis
  • Spring
  • A Punic Picture
  • February Stroll
  • Ignore the Dark
  • Resolution
  • Unresolved
  • Va Tutto Bene?
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
  • To Thine Ownself...
  • Doubt Kills All

From the Jaws of Defeat

From the Jaws of Defeat

When first attempts indeed do fail we must  

Continue trying and to persevere  

For failures are but steps to help us steer  

Our way to God in Whom we always trust.  

I've seen it so myself, left in the dust  

My courage sapped, all but consumed by fear  

Triumphant Satan standing tall to sneer,  

My view of self left me full of disgust.   


Yet prodded my own self to rise and stand  

And set such goals unfeasible to see  

While step by step I climbed out of my hell  

With clearer vision, I surveyed the land  

Began to understand I could be free  

And find a place of happiness to dwell.   


Frank Garnick


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