Resistance

Resistance

I am moving in the right direction

Up the stream, towards my goal

I’ve got this road down to perfection

I know exactly where to go

I feel my muscles aching, but so strong

Fighting hard against the stream

I know it can only be so long

Before I’ll reach my dream

Just one more corner, one more bend

I feel that I am almost there

I see a change in my surroundings

Like something‘s humming in the air

I am counting my strokes, left and right

Making the water move for me

The sun will be shining o so bright

When I’ll get, where I need to be

I keep on rowing, on and on

But the river isn’t bending

I’m not getting anywhere

With this current never ending

I am strong, I can win this fight

And this river is the way I chose

I know I have chosen exactly right

Without resistance, nothing grows

I want to grow towards the light

I want to reach up high

So I keep on going into the night

I will get where I need to go

My arms are now in so much pain

As is my back, my head, my heart

I feel less certain about the gain

I’ll get when reach that part

My fingers cramp and I lose my grip

The paddle slipping from my hand

I am quickly losing all control

Not knowing where I stand

I want to yell, I want to shout

I want to keep on going

I want to let it all come out

No point to keep controlling

I scream real loud and then give in

Letting the water, take me away

I’ll never get to where I want to

This is where I’ll stay

Leaning back, I close my eyes

Letting my tears join the stream

Down and down we go

Moving away from my big dream

The boat is slowly gaining speed

Moving simply with the flow

For resistance is no need 

When I am letting go

I feel the pain ebbing away

From my arms, my head, my heart

Sometimes the way of least resistance

Is exactly where I need to start.

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