Picking Up Roots

Wealth

I am a shadow
of who I was -
   yet richer for having been

Sunrise

the impenetrable darkness
before the dawn
is a reminder
to keep going;

the blackness is complete,
yet the light still comes,
first in small hints
upon the horizon

then bold pinks
and fiery oranges
explode across the sky
driving out the night;

the sun always rises,
so too shall we

Endurance

it is foolish work
to hope for difficulties
in an already challenging life;

difficulty will find us

but when it makes
its inevitable knock
upon our door

it will find us home,
ready
to make it through