In the middle if it
the struggle
It cries doubt and discomfort
it claims assurance of hopelessness

It is just because struggle is hard
we understand that doing push ups
But push forward our lives
and the pain is taken for can’t, won’t

To move forward a life
to consider what was and what might be
to grapple with the ways in between
to engage in this struggle
and try to quiet its sometimes doubting voice