Our eyes peep open and flutter with uncertainty <br />The blurry illusion of hope and prosperity <br /> <br />Boundless affection exudes from those around <br />Penetrating your emotions, like a jungle, without a sound <br /> <br />The truth intensifies as we grow older <br />The constant reality of looking over our shoulder <br />Day by day, sifting through the disguise <br />Avoiding those, who are out to diminish our sunrise <br /> <br />To bring you down, so low that you can’t cope <br />Into a downward spiral, sucked, into their mental slope <br /> <br />But know this there will always be a ray of light <br />Someone who comforts you, as we struggle through this fight <br /> <br />The fight to learn, to grow, to understand and belong <br />To fulfill your dreams and sing your victory song <br /> <br />The anguish that is Life, that is love, that is loss <br />Bleeds us dry with the highest emotional cost <br /> <br />But still we yearn for such complexity <br />Because it gives us peace of mind, it gives us simplicity.<br /><br />Patrice Dixon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/complex-simplicity/
