You Know
“Tell me how to do it”
There are so many who ask
When they want help to overcome
Some scary, fearful task
To the people who have conquered
Lots of their own fears
The answers these trailblazers give
Is “blood and sweat and tears”
The question “How?” is asked because
The asker hopes to hear
An answer that will be easy
And quick and bring them cheer
They hope to hear a shortcut that
Has been eluding them
They’re hoping to discover that
Elusive hidden gem
That will deliver them from pain
From suffering and hurt
But deep down we all know those things
We simply can’t avert
You know all that you need to do
Stop hoping for a break
You know that it’s uncomfortble
And may cause you some ache
You know that it won’t be much fun
While you are doing it
You know that you cannot half-ass
And that it takes true grit
And biggest fact of all that many
Never seem to grasp:
You know that by the end after
You grunt and shake and gasp
That the toll that it takes does not
Last forever on you
It is replaced by something else
Because you gutted through
And that is courage, grace, resolve
And so much confidence
You know all that you need to do
So use your common sense
And stop asking all of the fighters
And warriors in hopes
That they will have a shortcut or
An easy way that copes
“THROUGH THE WALL!” they all will say
“NOT OVER OR AROUND!”
You know so stop asking and simply
Pound and pound and pound
~Miro
