1.
So you have fought for a round or two:
You’re tired, and you feel half-dead;
If giving up’s what you want to do,
Then don’t–for there’s more ahead.
Although you’re low, Just what is par?
You’re only down if you think you are.
2 .
You believe you’re lacking in this or that–
I ask you: What if you are?
There’s some one thing underneath your hat
That, developed, will take you far.
You may not be a phenomenal whizz,
But he’s only beaten who thinks he is.
3.
These knocks we face are to measure man;
They’re with us incessantly;
I’m here to do just the best I can
With what has been given me,
So pour it on, World, and I ‘ll receive it–
I’m only whipped if I believe it!
by Ray Romine Tuesday, July 24, 1945
