POEMS: Lord Have Mercy

Is it the case that I am in capable of silence?
I have begun afresh on that road most travelled.
But do I really want to? I have taken pleasure
in those things I once rejected or at least abhorred � I am falling.
But I want to rise, higher than my former state.

*(A Voice: "Don�t remain where you fell, rise and continue the race.
Turn that stumbling rock into a stepping stone. I say no more.�