Keep mounting Higher! a poem by Sukhpreet Singh

Keep mounting higher! 

Pessimism shone on me brightly, 

Yet hope kept holding me tightly. 

Dropped I was on an impasse, 

Rejected I was by the mass. 

Whenever and wherever I brooded over, 

I could find only strangulating clouds hover. 

Eventually I fled to escape, 

From the pessimism winning race. 

Finally I came across a flight, 

Which apparently looked full of light. 

Feet seized by the pessimism, 

Struggled hard for a bit of optimism. 

Courage was all I took to push forward, 

But pessimism was quite froward. 

First step I mounted falteringly, 

Second step I managed uncertainly, 

I heaved a sigh of relief, 

Pessimism cast off and also grief. 

I sat to ponder over, 

and witnessed pessimism getting lower. 

Third step I mounted and stopped, 

To encounter pessimism prevalent down being whopped. 

Fourth step seemed more bright, 

Full of hope, good vibes and light. 

From the fifth I gazed below and saw, 

A long long pessimists row. 

Trying their very hard, 

To get away from the pessimism yard. 

Before I tried to mount the next step, 

A feeling put me on a static kept. 

I gazed at the fight below, 

Many tried but pessimism didn’t let go. 

My hands decidedly stretched to support, 

to the ones who fought, fought and fought. 

Gradually, I saw many around me, 

With visages full of glee. 

All of sudden a glimmer startled and dazed me, 

I landed at a place where i couldn’t see. 

A bright light shone there, 

With lustre found very very rare. 

When daze shed off I could see, 

A bright optimism and life full of glee. 

I took some time to realise the fact, 

The step I was on was different from the rest. 

I looked around astounded, 

Inscription of Step number 10 made me dumbfounded. 

What was that which landed me here, 

I tried but couldn’t find the answer anywhere. 

My boggled mind bounced to and fro, 

But the feeling of amazement couldn’t go.

More light was prevalent above, 

I mounted up like a dove. 

optimism shone even more there, 

And pearls of knowledge fell from everywhere. 

I realised and found, 

What made me step number ten bound; 

Ones who help the others, 

Are bound to find the ethers. 

The realisation made me feel enticing, 

I felt my heart and body rejoicing. 

I kept mounting higher and higher, 

Brightest Optimism and light reached nigher and nigher. 

I kept mounting higher and higher, 

Brightest Optimism and light reached nigher and nigher. 

Composed by Sukhpreet Singh 

Pessimism - A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

Impasse - dead end

Mass - here public/society

Brooded over - thought about something deeply

Strangulating - suffocating

Hover - move to and fro 

Fled - ran away 

Flight - stairway

Apparently - obviously

Froward - headstrong

Falteringly - unsteadily 

Cast off - got rid of 

Ponder over - think deeply

Whopped - hit hard

Gradually - by and by/slowly

Visages - faces

Startled - surprised

Dazed - shocked

Glee - happiness

Ethers - The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composingall heavenly bodie

Nigher - nearer

Dumbfounded - struck dumb with surprise