Pounding head,

Racing heart

Knowing less

Than at the start

Each day

I fight the fight

Wondering if

I’ll reach the light

Darkness sinks

Me down again

All I need

Is at the end

When the journey’s rough

The way is clear

Soon the shadows

Disappear

At the end

A new beginning

If only strength

Can keep from waning

Each breath

A panting gasp

Until distant shores

Are here at last