Testing...One, Two, Infinity...

A response to Miharu's "Goodbye, Matthew." I highly recommend it. The second stanza makes more sense if you've read it.

From life's worst experiences,

We must manage to salvage all that we can;

Strength,

Honor,

Dignity,

Virtue.

Though HE tore you down,

He pulled you up.

Life is a strange mistress.

"Unforgiving,"

Some would say,

But it serves to teach us.

Life does not work for us:

It works against us.

We must learn to fight the current

that is life's hardships,

and at least reach shore

or else be swept away and forgotten.

A lucky few find themselves swimming up waterfalls,

but to just survive life is a miracle in its own right.

You survived this obstacle.

Do just as well with the ones

that are sure to follow.

Author's Note

Cleaned this up a bit. It's really upsetting to me that I can't find Miharu's "Goodbye Matthew" anywhere. I desperately wanted to read it again.

Reviews

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... this is inspiring and comforting ... and it would have take a lot of skill to write this without making it sound didactic ... it's so conversational and contemporary ... and it lingers and lingers ... these are my favourite lines ...

A lucky few find themselves swimming up waterfalls,
But to just survive life is a miracle in its own right.

You survived this obstacle,
Do just as well with the ones,
That are sure to follow.

[Luna Northstar]

Wow!!! Thanks so much, thats so sweet! I'm gald u liked my poem, and i love yours! Amazing job! :)

[Punk rocker]

wait until miharu reads this she is going to be head over heels in love with it it is Awesome with a capital A