Hard Angle
by Sam M. Phillips

Sometimes there is no cure
And people have to endure
The most horrific pain,
The strain of which make
Other lives seem very tame,
How they can take
The anguish
And extinguish
The part of them
That says they can’t go on
Isn’t very plain,
I suppose they depend
On some deep resource,
Of course they still struggle,
But they manage to push through,
Although I have no clue
How some of them do.

Despite this world being beautiful
And full of joy,
It can also deploy
Immense suffering,
And I’m not offering
The reason this occurs,
My mind blurs
To think of it,
But there must indeed be a reason,
Everything has its season,
Every experience
A new perspective
Through the eyes
Of a portion of the creator.

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