How To Get There

Don't knock it
Strip down to the bare necessities.
Don't pull in on your way back,
If you lock it, you got it hacked.
Tell no one.
This is top secret.
Mum's the word.
Make your mission your statement.
Let your mind feed your eyes,
Set your eyes on the prize.
Hold it straight and focused
And define your locus.
Shed the dead weight
Kill the delay.
Through a singleness of mind,
Put your program on the grind.
Step out, test the waters
If hot, wade the gutters.
Take the ladder
One rung at a time.
And if you can straddle this rhyme,
Add skill and here's what you do;
You'll look back to see if you're fine,
And find the sky far behind you.

Akpan