Core Belief

Core Belief

What stranger times have these days been,

Than others you have been to?

Did you think you would make it then?

But see what you have been through.

What trouble there did you surmount,

Some trial unforeseen?

What unknown strength did you discount,

What backbone un-routine?

See now, you have come this far,

And yes, future awaits –

But life comes at you all bizarre,

None of us perceive our fates.

Fear not extraordinary news,

Such has it ever been.

No need for panic’s spooking cues,

Straighten your spine again.

Fortitude has kept your stand,

Though you do not remember how.

You lived through things all unplanned,

You’ll live through them again now.

Look in your mirror at eyes steadfast,

That do not look away.

Look at you and know at last,

You can survive the day.

I leave you with this last word,

Thought it’s already said:

Fear not the things you may have heard,

Remember your own strength instead.

Cliff Lake 4/5/2024

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