FROM THE BOTTOM UP

I USED TO HATE THE DOWNSIDE OF LIFE,
WHEN THINGS DONT GO AS PLANNED,
LIKE SLIPPING DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE 
WHEN MY VISION AND INTENTIONS 
WERE TO STAND.

BUT WHEN THINGS GO THE OTHER WAY,
AND MY DAY SEEMS WASTED AWAY,
THE LESSONS LEARNED 
WOULD NOT OF BEEN EARNED,
WITHOUT THAT UNPREDICTED STORM.

AND SO I’VE LEARNED 
THAT THE DOWNSIDE OF LIFE,
IS LIKE THE MIRACLE OF GWROTH,
THE SEED IS BURIED IN THE GROUND 
SPRINGING ROOTS, 
AS THE SEED FELLS DOWN.

I USED TO HATE THE DOWNSIDE OF LIFE,
WHEN THINGS DONT GO AS PLANNED,
BUT ALL OF MY FAILURES, AND BROKENNESS,
HAS NURTURED ME,
INTO BEING A BETTER MAN.

WILFORD BARKER.