What gives us the will to live <br />We travel through life <br />At times suffer through life <br />Suffer pain, loss <br />Emotional distress <br />Battle nerves <br /> <br />My father often states <br />“The people who keep getting up <br />After getting the crap kicked out of them <br />Are the ones that succeed.” <br />Is this true <br /> <br />Perhaps life scars us <br />Perhaps we suffer little trials <br />Only to build up the calluses <br />So that we can survive the <br />Major defeats <br /> <br />The death of loved ones <br />A lost love <br />Perhaps life conditions us <br />So that we are able to live <br />So that our will is not lost<br /><br />Richard Noggin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/will-to-live/
