I Suffer With A Smile

To endure pain 
The kind that melts away your skin
And eats at your bones 
For months and months on end 
It creates organic strength 
To help you hold up the world 
In order to tackle every future hardship
Like a dung beetle
Carrying excrement up a large green hill
Regardless of how horrible our lives are
We have to continue to live
As the birds continue to fly, 
And the currents continue to flow
Knowledge can only be obtained through loss 
I smile at the pain 
That would leave me broken before 
Because I understand 
That through the flames of suffering 
I shall be reborn into a better person.