Wishes and Hopes

If we wished for the absence of pain from our hearts,
And we hoped we never had to make a new start.
No struggles to be conquered, as we travel the road.
Life�s secrets all written, for us to behold.
These thoughts offer comfort, and are hard to resist.
How then would it be, that love could exist?
Everything around us, tells the same tale.
The order of life can�t be seen in denial.
We have always had all things,
That we�ve wished and hoped for.
They have been there all the time,
You see, our souls command is to endure.
You can�t understand a book, from a glance at its skin,
We must open its cover, and then our knowledge begins.
How could a tree be pulled toward the light?
Accepting pain from taking root, gave it it�s life.
The hardships in growing offer us release,
From who we were and what we are, Life is what we will be