UNRESIGNED

No, I will never give up because my lot
is to struggle without hoping for a victory
and to succumb in search of Glory,
after setbacks like those of Don Quijote.

As long as this stubborn desire lasts
I will continue the absurd, the illusory belief
that gives life, and I will not walk with the sad
resignation of the slave who is confined

to a treadmill. Because that type of
thought fills our spirit with a shudder
of desperation; it destroys our

will to live and takes away our hunger
to escape death; it parches our existence
and uproots its immortal foundation.