Overcoming Obstacles by Praveer Deva (XII)

If you put a stick in an ant's path
It doesn't stop and complain about it.
It strives until it accomplishes its task.
And teaches us how to overcome obstacles.

If you blow at it, a whirlwind,
a hundredth of its capacity, no stumbling,
No falling and no amount of pressure
Will stop it from reaching its destiny.

Death, and only death will stop it
No other problem, none whatsoever,
No amount of pain or hardship or
Failure will stop it from overcoming obstacles.

If a creature so small, can move
A mountain load of problems, treating
It as a trifle, as miniscule
As a bird's pupil, why can't we?

When it seems as if the universe
Conspires against you, when you are
influenced by the inexplicable conundrum of life,
Do not lose the spirit of Elpis inside you.

Writing this down not in five or ten but
in fifteen minutes, no less,
was hard, but not
losing hope and just doing it
Will make the most cumbersome
task feel as tiny as a dot.