Jackie Oliver

Gain

Determination,
Concentration,
The need to succeed,
The fires inside you use to feed.
No rush, use all the time you need.
One doesn’t want to make mistakes
Because this is far from fake.
Following your dreams to create a life

Oh no you used too much of that strife.
Giving all you got to the one thing you want,
It was too much to flaunt.
I wouldn’t call it defeat
But simply you made the error to fleet.

Before every rainbow there’s rain
So there’s no need to strain,
In the end all adventures bring a little gain.




[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2013 EDITION]


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