Endurance

Before I say it is a lost cause
and scatter my soul into trails of pain
Into a prison I must fall from paradise
I must learn from unlearned ways
or be a ship wrecked from the storms
or be paper boats diving into ponds
or be kites torn by kites into a fateless flight,
To tend my thrill to end some plight
Or end all plights in convenient ways,
But I must believe that suffering is a need
and gather words that define a book,
Or empathize with someone's emotions
Or take advice that wise men left behind,

Before I sign the treaty of my internal
wars and undesired defeats,
I must find cure for my shocks,
and seek the path to my soul,
hide from madness that struck me,
Or witness the transition of kings turned to slaves
I will take into consideration of what
cannot be controlled
and see the wisdom in what I was told,
I will hold onto little hope and see it bloom,
to take cognizance of my own destructions
and build a nest which will be destroyed anyways

Before I turn blind by looking into eyes
Or dive into the deepest oceans of void,
I will point to constellation of my doom,
Or search myself in my own shadows,
Build a mirror of my own inactions,
By taking respite in false assumptions
a jeopardy I nurtured for so long,
But I will watch the tolerance taken from
cradle to grave
and invisible burdens that men carry
and of expectations that cannot be met,
I will ignore the possibilities of escape
and endure hardships that all must face.


©gladiator001