DOWN, BUT NOT OUT!

It was the championship of a an all important bout,
Between two good boxers, one huge and dark, the other fair and stout,
One was a veteran boxer, the other was an uprising star,
He was keen on winning this battle, which he thought would take him far,
In his career and life as a boxer,
The crowd was cheering and the screams getting louder,
Then the bell goes, and the match started,
In a twinkling of an eye, the stout boxer was punched to the ground, almost lifeless,
He seemed to have passed out, but as we looked on in apprehension, our snacks turning tasteless,
With the referee counting up to ten, this uprising boxer,
Leaped from the shock, and finished the rest of the match a winner,
As I watched him raise the belt on his right arm,
The crowd cheering from every arm,
Something struck me,
That boxer was down but not out!

And this is not different from life itself,
Sometimes as we strive to bring out the best in ourselves,
We are suddenly obstructed by insurmountable challenges,
Some of which leave us bleeding, and tied up in bandages,
But in the midst of these we have to realize that in life,
We sometimes may be down, but not necessarily out,
You may be down financially, but it doesn't mean you cannot be a lender tomorrow,
You are only down but not out!
Your dreams may be on the edge of a precipice and victory totally out of sight,
You are only down, but not out!
You may feel like you are down to the last and there lies no hope for the future,
Don't be dismayed- in your destiny still lies a very bright future,
So hold on, cos you are only down but not out!
You can always win if you get up and fight harder!
Peace.