The burdens of my youth
had been bestowed upon me
to crush and destroy my childish will.
The heaviest of which possessed no weight at all!
It was not until a time of resolute desperation
that I understood that the act of supporting
this crushing weightlessness
was conditioning my mind and my spirit
to withstand life’s inevitable trials,
and be thankful for the hard life
I’ve been lucky enough to live. | AC