THE LADDER

I sought to view the very top
And found a ladder tall,
But in my haste I did not think
And suffered many a fall.

I then found this ladder old,
Was missing rungs a few,
And time and patience it surely took
To mend the old to new.

Then step by step and rung by rung,
I now took care to climb,
And though it took much longer then
I did get there in time.

And when at last I saw the view
I learned a lesson that day,
It's hard to reach the very top
But much harder still to stay.

I've climbed this ladder many times
With and without the utmost care,
The view, now, remains the same.
But not the effort to get there.

And some day, as with all things
I may weary of the climb,
But the legacy of that first quest
Shall withstand the test of time.

~Anwaar N Hassan~

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