The Hard Fought Truce Within

There are secrets that are frozen

In the deepest places of our soul.

They cannot be unearthed,

Yet they cannot be unknown.

We have dreams that are lost

In the recesses of our sleep.

We have longings too deep to reach

Across anxieties we cannot breach.

There are spaces for love

We hold for future opportunities.

They are kept in the privacy

Of our simple soulful duties.

We have a heavy broken burden

That we carry through the years.

It’s a wistful painful memory

Of our losses soaked in tears.

There are questions we still can’t answer,

Things we wearily want to know.

But life is not an easy equation

One can quickly solve and own.

There are journeys alone to take

And experiences with others to share.

There are changes we have to make

And realities we have to bear.

And finally accept the mystery of things

We cannot ever know.

And find the hard fought truce within

That if we honor lets us grow.

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