Sonnet

Anyone who loves his life will lose it.
Anyone who hates his life will keep it for the eternal life.
Where do we find a ladder to climb out of this pit.
Why is fear and regret so rife.

We, all of us have one great disappointment when we survey our span.
Always at the decisive moment we lacked courage.
Our soul is troubled, it is the fate of man.
Once when given a vital choice we were discouraged.

We forgot that a grain of wheat has to die.
To yield a rich harvest.
We were afraid to take a risk, to break a tie.
So we never obeyed our destiny and went our farthest.

Once as we came to a precipice, we were afraid to do more than creep.
Glory we rejected because we did not leap .

Haiku

Once at precipice
We were afraid then to leap
Glory rejected