Endure In This

Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@fairytailphotography?utm_source=medium&#38;utm_medium=referral">Sydney Sims</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&#38;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a><br/><br/>We ache like heaven in the shining stars.We ache, and everything is e&#8217;er amiss;and we must learn, like poets, bear the scars:through hurting, valiant, comes the sweetest kisswhen every ache dissolves to blissful sleep,a promise of release: a little while or more,and though we cannot dream of easy sheep,we sink our woes into the earthen floorand rise anew. Another bitter dayperhaps, or something better. Who may knowwhat dawn can bring, what sunlight mightn&#8217;t say?All we can do is wake and somehow go.<br/><br/>Endure in this. For misery is cheap,and perseverance, bitter bought, will keep. <br/><br/>Get full access to Sonnets &c. at <a href="https://zjppoetry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast">zjppoetry.substack.com/subscribe</a>