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Depth Perception
Travelling to a destination,
Wanting to impress.
Building confidence with each step,
Thinking about my success.
A few steps further,
Was what I was thinking.
When a hidden valley,
Left me sinking.
My perception was wrong,
I was not near my goal.
I felt my ego drop,
As though I was falling down a hole.
Enveloped by darkness,
Feeling no ground.
I could not see, nor hear,
No sight, no sound.
Sinking deeper and deeper,
Into the abyss.
My previous attitude
I really did miss.
I could not move.
I could not escape.
I wanted nothing more,
Than to rewind the tape.
I climbed the wall,
Gasping for air.
Not wanting,
To give in to despair.
I pulled myself out.
I looked around,
And it was then,
That my confidence rebound.
I began to run.
I had to fight.
I could make it.
I just might.
I continued to run.
Picking up the pace.
With a few minutes to spare,
I arrived at the place.
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here's a relating piece I wrote a while ago. Hope you like it.
(Dis)Abled
The word itself
says that I am not
That I am nothing
that I should sit in the dark
That I should go out with the trash
like the mannequins in the dumpster
But am I?
I can walk
I can write
I have made honor roll for nine years
and counting
I have won silver at Nationals in rowing
I have rowed more than 100 miles through the wilderness of Alaska
And
It is true that I limp after the eighth mile of the hike…
And
It is true that It takes me hours and hours to get my thoughts on paper...
And
It is true that I could not have made honor roll without learning accommodations…
And
It is true that I could not have gone to Nationals or rowed through Alaska without vigorous training and stretching and physical therapy…
But
I still rowed through Alaska
I still won at Nats
I still make honor roll
I still write poems, stories and papers
I still hike miles and miles and miles
even though it hurts and
it’s hard and
sometimes I feel like I can’t do it
But still I do it.
Because I can
My name is Kavi Kaller, and I am a junior in high school. As a high school student, I have found myself in situations where I believe I cannot reach my goal and needed to persevere despite the seemingly impossible obstacles in my way. This poem encapsulates my experiences of self-doubt and overcoming failure. In writing this, I hope to inspire others who are experiencing situations similar to these and show them that there is a way to succeed no matter how difficult the path ahead looks.