Wednesday, November 01, 2017

365 Days of Defiance, Day 305: To fight the unbeatable foe

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe



Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #229 (June 1982), script by Roger Stern, pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Jim Mooney, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Joe Rosen

To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go



To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar



To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star



This is my quest
To follow that star



Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #230 (July 1982), script by Roger Stern, pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Jim Mooney, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Joe Rosen

No matter how hopeless
No matter how far



To fight for the right
Without question or pause



To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause



And I know if I'll only be true To this glorious quest



That my heart will lie peaceful and calm


When I'm laid to my rest


And the world will be better for this


That one man, scorned and covered with scars


Still strove with his last ounce of courage


To reach the unreachable star!
































2 comments:

Dave said...

I gotta say, Roger Stern has no idea how construction works. No one in their right mind would pour a forty-foot deep pool of concrete, especially one with no reinforcement. The Hoover Dam concrete is still curing after 80 years.

Bully said...

Dave, that's the best dam comment!