The rougher road
02.25.07 (6:12 pm) [edit]
It is easy to get bitter and sink,
To lose faith is a common path taken,
Understandable for I have been there
Perhaps will be there again.
To let go of self pity and cling to the light
Is the rougher road,
Hoping against hope,
Allowing faith to grow
In spit of appearances, takes courage,
The ability to get up and start anew
Even if wounds hidden run red,
The soul lacerated with the whip of life’s lessons;
Strength gone yet somehow found when most needed
To swim again to the surface and see the sun shinning,
Again love taking hold with its healing embrace.
Courage is a common thing
Yet unique in each soul,
A precious flower to cultivate and treasure,
Lest sinking into the pit
Despair the winner when the flower dies.