For So It Was Said

For so it was said

Your lips will groan and know not gleeful testimonies

That your soul will languish

While your heart fails anticipating

The therapeutic dew to melt your soreness

For so it was said

Your face will mourn and grow pale

With your ecstasies swooped with pungent exclamation

While dressed in the garment of dismay and lamentation

For so it was said

But now we know

The strength that lurks in your every sweat

For so it was said

But now we know

The courage that skulks in your every breath

For so it was said

A woman, a man

A boy, a girl

A father, a mother

Will neither thrive nor know mirth

Instead, spurred hope against hope

In days all he/she had was to cope

That someday, somehow

His/her spirit may unearth the succor

Draped within her/his very being

In the ambiance of glumness and waning doldrums

For so it was said

But now we know

In you lies the prowess to conquer fear

So the world may behold

The quintessence of your magnificence

And the beauty in your very being