Embrace the Quest

Dennis Machu
2 min readApr 12, 2023

Day 6 | Embrace the Climb Series
Story by: Dennis Machu

Hey guys, get ready for some fun creativity in today’s episode! I’ve been working hard piecing together a poem and decided to share it with you guys. But wait, it gets better — I even recorded myself reciting it! Now, I’m no pro at podcasting or audio editing, so go easy on me, yet I hope you’ll still enjoy my first attempt at it. Let’s dive in and see how it goes!

Listen to me recite it here: Embrace the Quest

Beneath the boundless sky so grand,
Where rivers weave through ancient land,
A journey starts with but one stride,
A venture’s call we can’t deny.

In forests deep and mountains tall,
The whispers of adventure call,
To sail the seas and cross the plains,
For nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The winds of change shall fill our sail,
As we embrace the unmarked trail,
Through storm and calm,
we shall not wane,
For every step, a chance we’ll take.

In darkest nights and starlit skies,
We’ll find the fire in our eyes,
To chase our dreams with hearts aflame,
For in the risk, we stake our claim.

And when we reach the journey’s end,
New roads to tread, just round the bend,
A legacy of paths we’ve made,
The lessons learned, and fears allayed.

So heed the call, embrace the quest,
In every challenge, we’ll invest,
To rise, to fall, to grow, and change,
For nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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Dennis Machu

Agile Coach | Cloud Architect (AWS) | Backend Software Engineer & Architect (Node / FastAPI)