The Climb Poem by Patrick van der Loos

Don't go throwing it all away,
You don't know where the path
You are on will lead you.
Don't go throwing it all away,
When life's adventure has just begun.

It's so easy to look into your past,
The way things always were;
Trying to emulate what you know.
Casting aside what you will;
Dismiss it all: a hopeless dream.

The folly of your quest eludes you.
The strength of will and perseverance.
Wasted. Wasted. Wasted.

The door always swings open,
The door to progress and life takes effort
To hold shut.
Shut to yourself, but never to others.

The path beyond, it has no end.
It climbs ever higher, winding.
You can see the path behind you
Down that mountain we are cursed to climb

But the path ahead is wreathed
In the opaque swirling mist of time.
Filled with uncertainty; and promise.
Such; it is the truth of any life.