Resilience
I’m so proud to be happy
because I never waited
for life’s thunderstorms
to pass
I have smiled
beneath torrential rains
sharp flashes of lightning
with skies miserably overcast
I did not wait
upon a friendly summer evening
where every cloud had travelled past my view
to rejoice or to rest
I have learned to seek solace
without a single star in the sky
in cruel cold and exhausting heat
my breath does not quicken
I am content because sorrow is familiar
like the house which I’ve slept my whole life inside
my fragmented spirit was never mended
with a show of sunshine
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