Go All The Way. Poem by Ogolla Enock

What's this rumbling I hear amongst you?
A complaint arising from pole to pole.
That you succumbed to defeat and regress
Because things turned hard and rough.

But if mountains were smooth
Would anyone climb them?
Or if all the universe was plain without peaks
Wouldn't the monotony be sickening to death?

Dusk and dawn complete the day,
Spring to autumn completes the year.
So do highs and lows complete life's journey
- Embrace them all.

It's vain to around whining and
burdening the universe with grievances.
Go all the way. Go all the way.
Only then can you grow

What's this story told of you?
That you long lost the zeal
and now dwells in peace - a life of ease
trapped between false security and comfort.

But if the pursuit was that cheap,
as to discard and settle for less,
Why then did you sacrifice so much
only to come this far and settle for less?

Remember why you began!
Remember goal!
Go all the way. Go all the way.
Only then will you grow.

Up or down, press onward
Fear precedes defeat and good is enmity to best.
Settle of none. Go all the way!
Go all the way! Only then will you grow.

Ogolla Enock,23rd June,2022.