I Ask You This

Could you bask in the sunlight without feeling it's heat Or enjoy the storm without a lightening streak For as surly as clouds need to clear for the light The embrace of a lover is missed mostly at night Could a child be born without making a cry Could a gift be offered and yet no one ask why Encountering that lost one, alas first you must die To overcome adversity, one first has to try Never to discover the secret would never to have guessed For never to suffer would never to have been blessed