PAEAN: "THE SCIENCE OF THE VALLEY" BY MAURICE CHIADZWA

For I needed to learn growth

I needed to know what the top is worth...

When we visit the bottom 

Life begins to grow and blossom 

In the damp moist of washed off water

Drinking from below those who're greater

Learning the tricks of the game

Before the top, before the fame

Before hunting the mountain top's game

There is need to plant gardens

And the green only grows in lower havens

I needed to work with my own two hands

Before giving off the next person the chance

I needed to build a system 

That would sustain the top's style and rhythm 

Because without the bottom, there's no top

A climb without foundation will drop

And skill and resources needed to climb high

Is only found in those with a will to fly

The desire for the top, the seemingly Heavenly 

Is only of value to those in the valley

So I needed the valley to make sure my tomorrow was sustained

And the valley to make me appreciate the top of the mountain 

MAURICE N. CHIADZWA

- Zimbabwe 

The poet persona describes challenges of life as valleys. The voice adds that viewing valleys makes one to know the worth of a mountain when seen. Such that, the challenges of life makes one to strive hard towards success.