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 waterwas believed to be the substance composingall heavenly bodie

Nigher - nearer
Dumbfounded - struck dumb with surprise









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