Why Struggle, When Challenge is the Reward

Thick glutinous circumstance,
wading through so exhausting,
and not a hand in sight
to save this encumbered soul;
why do I allow such debilitating conditions
to rule my daily life,
and this I call normal
within this life I now call strife.

Each unattended ploy,
gathers like mud, and I accept the stagnancy,
the bane of my intensity,
and struggle with every little thing,
every nuance of contention,
my conscious attention
misleading my peaceful mind,
I stutter in apprehension.

So I step back and consider my daily path,
the aftermath of tribulations,
and see that it is I who create this repetition,
the division of peace and confusion,
and with each opposition, I strengthen my foe,
give credence to its flow,
without once letting be
all that strikes back at me.

Contention breeds contention,
peace breeds peace,
and I relish some release from my misconception,
let my opposition just be challenges,
and without my responses, ensconced in retaliation,
I can see that circumstances
are all far less than I thought,
and suddenly I’m calm, no need for alarm.

That glutinous mire is now but a slight breeze,
a step to ease my worried mind,
and I am free from my fears
that help me in jeopardy of care,
as now everything just moves without complaint,
and I so easy to awaken my soul
to wisdom gleaned, dreamed but never clear,
now reality is welcomed for its learning.

Tony DeLorger © 2017

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Full time author, freelance writer, poet and blogger since 1999. Twenty one published works, past winner of 'Poet of the Year' on HubPages, 'Poem of the Year' on The Creative Exiles, writer for Allpoetry.com, Google+, tonydwtf.blogspot.com.au
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