Resilience

How can we hear

The cry

From inside

With no ears?

My halo has fallen

But to pick it up

With no arms?

My mind is bound

To the chaotic pull

Of circus around me

I cannot calm

The monkeys rattling the cage

I fear

The friendly clowns

With a painted smile

Although i cannot interfere

The act

I am caught in awe

By the dancers

Perfectly synchronized

I am caught in awe

By the acrobats

Flying above me

Detach

Your heart

Your mind

From your soul

And breathe

In

And

Out

In the depths of despair from darker times,

Is a glimmer of hope, a light to define.

Where tears are shed for forgotten rhymes,

Resides a quiet strength and courage that climbs.

Amidst the storm’s fury from darker times,

Where tempests rage and fears confine,

In the heart’s turmoil where doubt lives bright,

Emerges resilience, a spirit that shines.

In the void of loneliness from darker times,

Where solitude reigns and the soul resigns.

In this pit of despair where darkness resides,

Shines a beacon of love, a warmth divine.

Through the trials endured from darker times,

In the face of adversity where hope declines,

Rises resilience and a strength that defines,

A testament, to those darker times.

From darker times, we learn to rise,

To embrace the challenge and reach the skies.

With every step forward our spirit flies,

Guided by courage, built during darker times.

In the heart of darkness,

A light still gleams,

Through trails and storms,

Hope redeems.

With each setback,

Strength finds its way,

In the face of adversity,

Courage holds sway.

Battered and Bruised,

Yet standing on,

Against the odds,

We never fall.

Phoenix rises from ashes embrace,

Our spirit endures with benevolent grace.

The silence of Despair,

Whisper of Faith,

Guiding us forward,

No matter disgrace.

In every trial,

Lessons be learned,

With every challenge,

Pathways are earned.

Let us embrace the storms that come,

For in the tempest,

True selves have begun.

Sometimes it’s hard to accept me for me

It’s easier to think life is a game of pretend

There’s one person on earth who heard my plea

And they are who I get to call my best friend

When I go online I feel like I don’t amount

But when I am with her, I am more than enough

Resilience is finding those in your life that make it count

It’s about finding people that make you tough

They shelter you from the world’s misery and hate

And while darkness may always exist

Friends teach you to never take their bait

Because resilience is built around those who uplift

Away the goldfish swims

It swims in sync with the ripples and dancing waves of the shore

Ahead its traveling to the line where the sky meets the sea

The fish wiggles and flaps

Soon the waves are getting larger and powerful

The current grabs, pushes, and yanks at the leaves and chaf carrying them along

Gravity is drawing the waters back and forth

The river pulls the fish downward

The swirls are mighty, the splashes are great

The crystal blue waves start crashing down on the rocks

colliding, resting, and colliding again

It feels as if the fish is being engulfed

But even with chaos the shining goldfish plunges against the current

The river is flowing fast and furious but the fish flaps its fins, and blows bubbles

Swim, fish, Swim!

Keep going against the current

Rise at the top of the surface

Withstand the winds of chaos

Even if the current is strong the fish keeps moving toward the dawn

The waves are getting calm

Gentle, and swiftly flowing

Away the goldfish swims

It’s swims in sync with the ripples and dancing waves of the shore

Swim fish swim

And never give up

I live in a fortress where you are

The jury, judge, and jailor.

The gavel jerks audience tears,

Your face stickered onto theirs,

In sync with the jury jeers.

You’d gently braid my hair,

Keeping me cooped up

From going anywhere.

You’d hold up a funhouse mirror

Of warped eyes and ears,

And I’d laugh and cry –

I thought

I thought

It felt like home here.

Outside the white picket bars,

I see

An evening sky of purples

And navy blues washed afar.

All blown out by pouring rain.

I stick my hand out akimbo,

A symphony of pitter-patter,

Against the scuffs on my skin.

The smell of raw air.

The thunderclap.

The jolt.

The jump after the scare.

And I’m very jealous.

You tried to tie my hair,

But I ran for the door.

You begged for me to stay,

Hands clasped together,

About to collapse on the floor.

I dug a hole through the wall

Only to find myself

Back in the middle of

The dead white entrance hall.

You pulled me back,

Telling me what I can

Or can’t amend.

I’m tucked back to sleep,

But I continued to rise again.

Eager as Sisyphus and his boulder,

To adore the absurd,

To find relief from the burden

You bore on my shoulders.

Nine times out of ten,

You’d bring me back to my room,

But my life is my resistance.

No matter how often you erase,

I’ll pen my way back into existence.

You’re just a dethroned king.

Your kingdom under fire,

By a one man army,

By a little puppet unstringed.

Life was fine and dandy

Everything was bright

When someone hit a button

Turning off the light.

I fell into a ditch

No one could ever reach

I thought I was dead

Felt a sad sort of peace

I waited and waited

and waited until

I know I had to get up

of my own free will

My clothes and my skin

caught on thorns and claws

as I climbed to escape

the deep pit’s jaws

And though it was hard,

I crawled through the dark

and learned how to see

without the hint of a spark

It took time, but eventually

my eyes adjusted

And what do you know?

The sky was dusted

Thousands of dots

with a soft glow

An army of constellations

sparkled like snow

It was still dark, for

I had found no quick fix

Even so, something had switched

My mindset was flipped

Now, I am not scared when

the beasts at night

howl and roar

and shriek with fright

For even though

I gained more scars,

I braved the night…

…and I saw stars.