166. HE HAS NOT SURRENDERED

Although his life was marked by failure,
He did not surrender to ignorance-night.

Although he was drunk with fatigue,
  excruciating fatigue,
He did not surrender to ignorance-night.

Although wild tears have conquered his life,
  inner and outer,
He has not surrendered to ignorance-night.

His is not the nature to surrender,
  But to accept life
  And brave the buffets of life
And thus come out victorious.