Strive to Rebuild

To fall, full seven times and stand once more, 

And rise up from those ashes that were you 

Pained inner remonstrance you need explore 

To stumble no more and your life renew.  

When sifting through the pieces of the past 

Consign not to the rubbish heap that thing 

Which God has given thee, from birth, to last 

Your soul, unique to you, gift of the King.  

To reconstruct the self know that you'll need 

Each brick that was a part of you from birth. 

A fruitful rearrangement, then proceed 

A cognizant design unveils your worth.  

The line between a failure or success 

Lies in determination to progress.  

Frank Garnick