Solace to the Battered Spirit

Solace to the Battered Spirit

Solace to the battered spirit
Found in times of need
Sobs of despair incoherent
The sudden yaw to feed

Respite from the endless tasks
Stretching out for days on end
For both the adherent and the lax
The same results portend

Victory lies not within 
He who is last to fall
Nor failure resides wherein
She who forfeited all

The secret lies along the path
That lead from then to when
A precursor and an aftermath
To the sojourners chagrin

~ Ellen Apple May 2, 2015