Screw Surviving, Strive For Thriving

            Chris Bakunas at the gorge Raven Creek passes through, Crow Creek Pass, 1996 

One chooses to walk across the street
                          And one dances

One chooses to minimize the risk
                          And one takes chances

Reading a book doesn't make one an academic
                          Learning to swim
Doesn't make it easier to cross the Atlantic

Everything and everyone 
                         That you chose to believe
Could be a verifiable reality
                         Or designed to deceive

Learning to get back up again
                         That's how one survives

Wallowing in one's failure
                         That's how one dies