"Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new CERTAINTIES? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing absurdity." Vaclav Havel (1936-2011)
Some never will know the confidence
Of when he never had experienced failure once
Held up and on a pedestal
Never once forgettable
Perhaps it is better to have encountered some resistance
Those born to life's uncertainties
Fighting hard to find.their dignity
Knowing struggles from time to time
Realizing setbacks are usually benign
And things will get beyond a travesty
Who will be the stronger man?
The one who will stand much longer than?
Will it be the always protected child?
Or one who has felt at times defiled?
Who will withstand a lifetime of demands?
The broken bones that heal
Like an oiled squeaky wheel
Are stronger in the end
Controversy is real, not pretend
Conquered mountains are a victory revealed
If choices are sheltered or subjected
Being a flower I'd have surely rejected
Character grows through pain
When even scars remain
In the end. I'd be the one that's most respected
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