The Deluge and Resulting Growth

A fun poem a staff member wrote last year:

Most people break

When you put their lives at stake

But the ones who grow up

Through adversity are great…

 

CRACK! CRACK! BOOM!

 

The lightning screamed

As it shook us in our jeans

Which were wet and soaked through

Like our packs and all our things

 

We hung our heads and dreamed

Of a place that’s warm and green

But the sky was cold and blue

And the sun was all but seen

 

We were wet and we were cold

But determined, we were bold

So we lifted all our chins

While our horses heads hung low

 

“Sissy horses”, I was told

By a child who wasn’t old

And he shot at me a grin

Only grown folks hold

 

The grin made me feel warm

In that fearsome, awesome storm

For the man in me had quit

And my spirit all but torn

 

“Just go home!” it warned

On our backs the hail was thorns

Then I saw my men’s teeth grit

Oh, the leaders in them born

 

In that aspen grove we sat

While the rain drops hissed and spat

But we drank ‘em one by one

And we kindly tipped our hats

 

“Thank you for the pat

Of rain upon our backs

For we cannot love the sun

If we haven’t first felt that

 

We asked Miss Nature, “Please!

Will you put our will at ease

We feel like we are stumps

That are old and long deceased

 

The rain and lightning ceased

So we got up off our knees

And as we all stood up

We were taller than the trees!

 

Most people break

When they put their lives at stake

But the ones who grow up

Through adversity are great