Poem from a friend, a former interest...

...I hope the poem speaks to you; it certainly reminds me of
you.

"Speech To The Young; Speech To The Progress Toward"

Say to them
Say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers
"Even if you are not ready for day,
it cannot always be night."
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for battles won.
Live not for the end of the song.
Live in the along.