Dawn & Dusk

Taste the bitter words
The ones wrought by pain
As they flow through you
See how they change
 
See the disappointments
Become footsteps to higher planes
See how the losses
Make you value what you gain
 
Feel the sadness
Swell in your stomach
And marvel at how it
Transforms into courage
 
The sad words burn
As they go down
But wisdom will rise up
And rest on you as a crown
 
Bitter words
Poems of pain
Will fade into memory
As your life begins to change