Seek Me Not Seated Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Seek me not,
Seated defeated in darkened valleys.
Either discover me attempting to climb,
Mountaintops to reach.
Or look up to find me on one of those summits,
Daring myself to yet search for higher peaks.

Seek me not,
Seated defeated in darkened valleys...
Where you believed you left me resting.
With thoughts you perceived me giving up a quest.
I sat to catch my breath, that's all.
And how to best remove obstacles that tested my steps.

Seek me not,
Seated defeated in darkened valleys.
Lessons I have learned and from those teachings taught,
Have instilled within me much more than motivation.
I have learned I have already achieved.
Once I accepted to disbelieve,
What others regarded what for me were impossibilities.

Seek me not,
Seated defeated in darkened valleys.
You may be the one who runs out of breath,
Unable to again take steps to catch it.
My tests are not identified by your tasks,
You assume I should accomplish before you decide I pass.