Mt. America

America is like a mountain.

During the journey to the peak of success,

And when challenges arise,

We climbers fall into ditches,

But always keep climbing

With determination and the strike of triumph within us.

Ever since the birth of this mountain to the presence of today,

We continuously have ascended to the peak.

As the Spanish explorers set foot onto this great mountain,

The ditches appeared and the uphill battles began.

From the Irish to the Hispanic to African Americans,

All have achieved leading themselves to succeed.

We won our revolution through leadership and motivation,

Causing us to keep hope and belief

That we can do what may seem like the impossible.

My father started climbing Mt. America in 1994

With hard work and faith in the midst of his heart.

He grasped the ability to direct his journey.

Although he could not avoid the ditches

Or control the fate that luck beholds,

This hero of mine deflects the abominable climbers

And accommodates the ones in need,

In which he believes is the way to succeed.

He has a quote that he lives by

In this nation today.

I am very ambitious,

But not intelligent enough to succeed,

I have come this far in life

For the hundreds of people I have earned

Who constantly pray

That I should succeed and become rich.

Success follows failures and losses

Which follow hard work,

But at a mountain where diversity thrives,

It is a place where anyone can succeed.