Poem – Turning Sweat and Effort Into Precious Gems

It is the contrasts of life that actually define who we are.

It is the sweet compared to the sour that will carry us far.

That is because we are to stretch in order to grow.

We have to be willing to test … all that we think … we know.
My life tastes of wonder and pain.

It is favored with agony and the wounds of distain.

It crosses over into those places of magic and mayhem.
It turns sweat and effort into a precious gem.

Others may not see the glittering of those treasures inside.

But when I am willing to look at the many places I have cried.

I see that those tears turned into crystals that reflect.

The light inside through all pain and regret.
~Suzanne Wagner~