So Long As
of all
the movies
I’ve ever tried on
it’s Rocky
that fit
and felt right
i fell in love with it
as a kid
and kept going back to it
in my teens, 20s, 30s, 40s
of course, I have the whole series
on dvd
and whenever it comes on tv
I stop
and sit down
the storyline is rich in simplicity
but deep in humanity
the main character
is kind to the unkind
it’s what I look for in a person
he wasn’t just a fighter
on the street
trying to make it
he was a man struggling within himself
it was never about a belt
it was about belief
needing to know
for yourself
if you got it in ‘ya
if you can endure
all the hits
all the falls
all the breaks
and get back up
and not care what the critics say
so long as you know
you got it in ‘ya
“to go the distance”
then you can go back home
and live your life
and be at peace
with yourself
with others
TL