Shared Strength

  Oh blessed stead,  Run well and quick Stick true thy gait.  Stay the course I plead Through creek and thick Thy path be straight. On valiant hoof and tows Down well tread path Where sight doth hide. Which only horse knows By fear of frigid wrath A most foreboding side.   A clutch of icy reigns Uncertain lonely grip Where shortcuts call. A decision at the manes Stay the original script Or turn and risk it all.   Let this not be the night When the darkness echoes Longing in the window. When skies lose the light The crisp breaches clothes  Leave me not a widow.   Nicholas Campos - January 2025 edit Dedicated to Victor Bloomquist

  Man cannot outrun the rain Despite the desire to flee And ever postpone the pain If for a moment I can think of me Man cannot outrun the rain Despite the desire to hide And ever postpone the pain To wait about a changing tide When clouds churn in near view And bring within your soul fear What becomes of the proud few Who choose this day not to veer? Forgoing the worry of what will And welcome instead her furry Choosing their fate to fulfill Hard written lines of life's story Man cannot outrun the rain But in time her tempest past Leaving behind a tested chain Each link a legacy to last Nicholas Campos - 2013