Fighter

Fighter

by dan ankers

for Missy Holloway

Chuck Norris

and the mythical Bruce Lee

were both bad-asses

but they were nothing like me

Those two men were not even

made from the same raw substances

as I am

My life has been shaped by events

which would induce

the vicious Honey Badger

to relinquish its claws

and forgo its quarreling ways

and to pursue a gentler path in life

(Perhaps by writing poems

or

selling hot dogs?)

And the stuff of my mind is as durable

and as multi-faceted

as a diamond in all its glory

and

yet it can be infinitely pliable as well

and travel without so much as a struggle

through the

waking eye of any needle

As for my body;

you may destroy me

However, you will never truly defeat me

In my struggle

and your folly

you will only complete me

Because

No one may undo

that which has been fought for

and claimed

through both the fires of hell on earth

and the icy pangs of aloneness

So do your worst to me

and

I will be back

to fight another day

And soon

it will be your turn

to yearn

Before long

it will be your day

To Burn

And, spiritually enlightened warrior that i am

I do not wish for that

on any woman

or any man