Journey To The Unknown (poem)

Journey To The Unknown

A 3,100 mile orbit of concrete,
Automobiles and local humanity,
Lightly spiced with a hint of nature
And fed by the Grace of God,
Supported with the efforts of friends
Who sympathize with the pain,
The joys
And the challenges
Facing at every moment
The handful of Hero-Warriors.

Running, walking, struggling
To the beat of their own
Undying aspirations
Of this fifty-one day
Epic adventure,
These Ultimate Survivors
Of obstacles unimaginable
Are proving to humanity
With their unparalleled perseverance
And adamantine wills
That the impossible
Can be done,
And the Universal Energy
Can be unleashed
To raise our standards
And lift our minds
Beyond the limits
Of our broken bodies
And faithless thoughts,
To reveal the Beauty
And the Power
Of Life's long and arduous
Journey to the Unknown.

Arpan (New York)