Final advance

It begins from within

Or rather from above

We try and make sense

We try and connect and not cause harm

But being human our weaknesses are many

Our flaws are what make us human

Our willingness to admit and change raises our degree

But it’s not a simple linear equation

It’s a cyclical process of boom and bust

Until we return to ash and dust

I’ve partaken in semantic analysis

On many parallel a page

Swinging the pendulum between fool and self styled sage

But there is meaning

There is hope

Each day I live, is one where I cope

The challenges are real, this test I face

I can’t compare myself to many a sufferer’s case

But still I feel what to me is real

A numbing pain at times that clings to past and present chains

But no, I can’t, I cannot dwell, there’s too much at stake

This time to sleep awake

I have the tools, I’ve learnt the ways, I know the truth

So, I must make use of all of this, to some extent at least

We control how we react

Either patient or not won’t change the initial facts

The ten percent beyond our control

Why do we allow it to take such a hold?

Fears unrealized tie us up in knots

So, let us learn from our mistakes

One day is good, others are less than that

And in between is our faith reminding us this life will not last

They are all teachable moments readying us for that final advance