Belief

By Linda A. Copp

Do what you must
 if you be right.
Let no one deter you
 or shade your light.

Let no one distract you
from your chosen path,
For only the fickle
incur the wrath,
Of madness and motion
and vexing schemes,
Of shattered and hopeless
and broken dreams.

By Linda A. Copp

©October 2, 1969