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Not A Lightweight, But A Contender

February 08, 2009 01:59 PM EST (Updated: June 07, 2009 05:30 PM EDT)

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Is it that you think me a lightweight?
Standing in the ring,
the arena almost empty,
I still fight the fight,
I must fight it,
there is no choice in the matter,
it is not for fame or glory that I fight,
it is for a lonely impulse of delight.*
Is it my right hook or
my left jab that fails to retain,
your interest in my career?
The fans abandoned for a newer,
a younger fighter.
Does that one please you so much better?
Is their presence more lyrical?
Is their stance more harmonious?
Does their swiftness of motion,
fill you with the poetry you desire?
I gather you grow tired of me.
One day my career may rise again,
rise like the phoenix,
I will float and fly,
with power and joy.
You will see me as I am.
Not as a lightweight,
but as a contender.

* An Irish Airman foresees his Death - W.B. Yeats

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JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Feb 8, 2009, 2:01pm EST

I see this as a metaphor - someone feeling that their place in someone's life is losing its significance.

But I always read into poems............smile.

Great write, Chana.

Not A Lightweight, But A Contender

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