Leaders

Where do you bid
Those who believe
in you?
For we all lead
Some to the summit
others ever onward
and some share
the nightmares
of misery
Do you ask more
when they have
all accepted
defeat or contemplate
quitting?
Maybe you are contagious
gathering a crowd
to take the mountains
before them
Perhaps you wish
their balloons would
wither
So that they will
be safe on the ground
with you
For we all lead
Up, down, forward
Right, wrong or back
Some lead in circles
questing hope
or chasing their
tails for fear
I pray for you
to lead those
around you
to whatever
they were
meant to
become
And in so doing
Find your own peace
Through sacrifice

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