Sunday, May 9, 2010

Passing Through the Ordeal

As one grows older


He is expected to grow in wisdom

Yet why is it not true to every one?

Sometimes, the person you expect to have it

Is the one devoid of such divine gift

I know how hard it is to attain wisdom

For one gains it by passing through the ordeal of fire

Tested in the hottest furnace

Blended with monstrous flame

Result: Hardened metal

Capable of enduring

More than the intensity of heat previously endured

That’s how trials of fire have molded a person

Soft when he enters,

Hardened when he exits.

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