OF LIFE!

Of life between the rails,
In the rains and no hails,
Suppressing pain to no avail,
Drenching in the muddy trenches
of wretchedness.

Life lost in lies,sighs, lows
and highs,
Trusts trampled upon,
Faith found then flown
and blown away,
Of love lent and taken back.

Of peace broken into pieces,
Share and care shredded
and shrunk to sheer shadows,
Sanity severely stained,
Plunged into a pool of
poverty,
Pure with peril.

Of religion and rebellion,
Doubted rejected and abandoned,
Of principles compromised,
Standard shaken,
Promises broken,
Sins sacredly committed
and concealed.

Of feelings hurt,
Hidden in hearts but heavy,
Patience overstretched,
Kindness faulted and
abused,
Of passions inflamed,
then deflated in blink.

Surprisingly we still live,
Through the hurdles we survive,
Beaten but never defeated,
Knocked down but not out,
Condemnation then acquittal,
Of life that makes us
Strong.