Sometimes

Sometimes life deals us
Things to challenge us to the core
Yet life seemed so simple before
We learn to handle pain
Amid the pleasure
Of knowing something new

Pain it seems, tears are there
Sometimes unshed, sometimes blown
Away by a friendly smile
An ear to hear
A heart to accept with knowing
Without judgement gone before

Survival may seem so very hard
Yet we can emerge stronger
Look upwards to the heavens
Understand that sometimes
Challenges seem so unfair, yet
Support is a heartbeat away