Above Average

 For those who have a destiny to pursue

Their path has a destination they must reach

Only by staying on that road their peace is found

No matter the price it demands, they are happy to pay

Away from any clueless plain road they will run

For it lacks direction and promises meaningless bliss

Their whole life is pursuing what is meaningful to them

Intolerable to them is the easy road that leads nowhere 

A thorny path that leads to their dream is more preferable

The huddles and risks along the way are huge and ruthless

But the destination they desire is even bigger and priceless

It dwarfs the impossible odds challenging their zeal

They are out to prove that mountains can be moved

Non-negotiable is the matter of pursuing their destiny

Their zeal for their destiny is one that no hammer can crush

We Will Overcome

Deadly and malignant the bush fire may be

Burning, wrecking and smashing through life 

Reducing the once good moments of elation

To sad ashes that invoke sad streams of tears

Flattening the hopes that were once promising

To a barren wilderness of eternal desolation

Replacing the most wonderful experiences

With nothing but the maimed and burnt stumps

Freedom is locked up, isolated, under siege

Surrounded by the snarling smoldering fires

Every Other Step Matters

While all the other legs labor

Pushing and kicking 

Dribbling and tackling

Passing and crossing 

The guy who caps it all

With a tap into the goal

Gets all the praise 

And all the applause