Experience, Strength & Hope

You approach me, as I approached others
Hat in hand, thoroughly beaten and defeated
Looking for answers in the easier, softer vein
You quickly realized that ease and comfort
Ceased to exist at the front door
You wanted to turn and run as had I

You cannot trust your own prejudiced head
For it is here, that it has led you
Your best thinking ends in complete failure
You cannot shut it down and it rages onward
Something, anything, make it stop or go away

Years of abuse and you cry out for an answer
As a child, demanding one immediately
As though you have suffered enough
Be advised, you have not, but it is close
There is much work to be done


Still holding onto ideas from the past
Parroting the words you have heard
Lacking substance, they cross your lips
Lacking conviction, they mean little
A mighty change quietly awaits

Flailing mentally, wailing emotionally
Spiritually crying, slowly dying
Still ever obstinate, as was I
To the possibility of something better
How far must you suffer, you ask

Any length, the answer from the very beginning
It will be so for generations to come
The easier softer way will kill you
As it tried to kill me, again and again
Have faith, the answer will come

Pick up the kit of spiritual tools laid at your feet
Incorporate these ideals in your daily living
Do the work and the answers will come
Your life will have new meaning
That is my experience, strength and hope