Hard as Life

This poem is called "Hard as Life". I wrote it a little while back. It is just about the struggles and hardships of life, although they come in all shapes in sizes, everyone has them. I hope this can reach out to people and maybe give them strength while accepting and working through their hardships.

Hard as sticks
Hard as stones
Hard enough to break my bones


Hard as questions without answers
Hard as losing all that matters


Hard as driving an unpaved road
Hard as being stuck in automatic mode


Hard as aging and growing old
Hard as dying with no story told


Hard as wandering in the dark
Hard as trying to leave a mark


Hard as trying to be heard
Hard as wandering what you've learned


Hard as the words left unspoken
Hard as the tender hearts that are broken


Hard as the dreams stopped in their tracks
Hard as leaving and not turning back


Hard as the harvest that always failed
Hard as a train that becomes derailed


Hard as standing in front of a crowd
Hard as expressing true feelings out loud


Hard as navigating an unmarked trail
Hard as bringing color to something so pale


Hard as knowing beginning from end
Hard as recognizing enemy from friend


Hard as getting from day to day
Hard as never ceasing to pray


Hard as accepting the unfairness of life
Hard as enduring through endless strife


Hard as staying on the right path
Hard as constantly avoiding the worlds wrath


But no matter life's trials
Or how bitter the cup
Hard as life is, I'll never give up