The Battle Continues. Poem by Carl R Nicolas

We have marched miles. We have celebrated milestones... We have tasted brief peace,
we have believed with all our hearts
in the promise of victory...

But the battlefield of life
is still alive with motion...

Every day asks something of us,
the courage to rise again,
the discipline to protect our progress,
the strength to guard our peace of mind,
the wisdom to hold onto our moral ground...

Life is.not a single battle
fought once and forever won...

There will be setbacks.
There will be moments
when the road feels longer
than your strength...

It is simply another moment
to adapt,
to stand,
to keep moving forward
with unwavering purpose...

For the war is not over,
and neither is your strength...

The battlefield may still be raging…
but so is your will to rise,
to endure,
and to claim the better tomorrow
waiting just beyond today...
Carl Nicolas.