Determination

I actually wrote this about my someone else who was on my mind.

The spirit hardens
Blow after blow
requires such strength
to go on.
To keep living.

Yet beneath it all
the softness perseveres
crushed under the weight
of pain.

The spirit endures
dreaming of a day
when freedom is won.
A day when it must
no longer hide
trembling in the shadows
of the heart.

That day will come
O Survivor.
Fear not. Deliverance is near.
Dream
Wish
Hope
Live
The day will come
when the spirit no longer
must hide.