sitemaster PEACHES IN DITCHES
By Solomon Chollom
Radiant and defiant
Spotted and gutted
Butter in gutter
Bitter but better
Obsolete but resolute
Held yet not holed
Slow yet not a slur
Praised and raised
Peaches of duchess
Peaches from ditches
Hitches in inches
Hitches in pitches
Pitchers of princess
Peaches of beaches
Beaches of ditches
Spoilers of fun
Bandits of goodwill
Draining the wine
Humble not ignoble
Calm not cowed
Resolute not stubborn
Focused not striated
Ditches not hitches
Bends not ends
Bridges not ridges
Delayed not denied
Fainting but not failing
Peaches of beaches
Determined to succeed
Hitches turned pitches
Lows turned highs
Fumes turned fumes
Never say never
Marching on upwards
Marching against the tides
Tides that tie down
Tides against heights
Though with tears and sighs
Peaches sparkle on beaches
Masters of moments
Heroes in all
Peaches of duchess
Decked in royalty
Camped in nobility
Oh I love their sights
I see their rainbow
I embrace their romance
I eulogize their strides
I stand with them on the podium
Alas, I did not know their pain
I know not the sacrifice
I did not see their years and fears
O can only see their crown
Oh what a crown of thorns
The irony of glory
Selah…
