A few moments and then snap <br />None is there in the gallery to clap <br />Yet be on the road, the job is not done <br />You are still left with a long way to run. <br />Through nights of thunder and days of fire <br />You may slow down, the body may tire <br />But get up and go soon, the job is not done <br />Something is always left, you must run. <br />The merciless time is so fast ticking away <br />The path often elusive, your mind may sway <br />You can't afford to pause, with so much undone <br />You have to get going, cannot end the run. <br />You are the master, you fired the shot <br />You and your dream, they're all you got <br />So little is covered, still much to be done <br />You must go on, there's a long way to run.<br /><br />Pradip Chattopadhyay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/through-nights-of-thunder/