What Struggle Bares

By Tony DeLorger © 2015

The struggle is evident, ongoing,
the pain of it, very real,
but with whom we struggle, is unexpected,
often unrealized, in each breath of daily life,
and so often we teach ourselves to blame,
to displace our anger, our failure and shame,
in the preservation of lies,
but truth speak to us in thunderous clarity,
for it is we, the bane of our own existence.

Our struggle resides within us,
how we decide, with all our bias, our proclivity,
and through our own doubts and delusions,
we orchestrate obstacles, pain and suffering,
in the process of learning,
for there is no greater teacher than failure,
and the hurt from the consequences of misjudgment,
our struggle the gleaning of knowledge,
and the measuring of humility.

Struggle is the precursor to victorious ends,
learning the steps to an endless ascension,
a higher consciousness and awareness of the processes of life,
not bound by the will of ego and a narcissistic plight,
but by wisdom learned through struggle,
each disappointment, the strength of character,
each pain the teacher of balance,
and each tear the resolve of determination,
to understand who we really are.