Such Resolve Won’t Break

-Such Resolve Won’t Break-
by Keaton Foster



Standing
Clinching fists
Biting my lip
Screaming
Down
I will not go
Below
I won’t stoop
Here
I’ll remain
No matter
The case
Regardless
Of what I alone
Must face
You won’t
Break me
You can’t
Dismantle me
I won’t be
Destroyed
Despite
And with regard
To your best intentions
I will continue on
Such resolve won’t break
I was made for this
Born into the fire
Thrown into the pit
Told I would not
Amount to shit
Assured I’d fail
Not because
Of what I did
But because
Of who I am
The son of fools
A mistake too soon
Not supposed to happen
But I did
Brought into this world
Kicking and screaming
A child of sin
An offspring of the same
I was given away
Taken to a darker place
Lent over to heathens
They to always telling me
Child of no one
You don’t belong
Stay here you can
But it will cost you
An ounce of flesh
I paid them well
What choice did I have
None
But now
In this place
In this new wilderness
In this world of creatures
I myself have become
A beast
All the choices are now
Without question
Mine to make
Each decision
Each dimension
All that it will mean
And what could be
Are factors considered
Such resolve won’t break
Such conditioning
Has prepared me well
Better than most
I know what it takes
And what must be done
In order to survive
I won’t be denied this life
The one that as I child
Repeatedly I was told
Was not meant to be
In their face
Continually I spit
I never have
Nor will I ever
Accept such an idea
As not belonging here…



Such Resolve Won’t Break
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015.