RESILIENCE

Glory to the human spirit! Glory to its brilliance!

 

Glory to the root of sentience! Glory to its resilience!

Like the woody dry barks that crack and break away

While the lush green bamboo stays and sways

 Thou remains flexible in difficult ways

Like the grass with a strong roots, that tides over the forest flame

And grows again greener with the coming of the passing rain

Rooted in virtue and value, thou grows back right away

Like the sky that is filled with clouds of colour, and clouds of gray

Yet holding on to none as they pass away

Thou accepts moribund reality and lets sadness go away

Like the perennial spring, that feeds the mind river

That taps into the water, while all the rest has dried away

Thou keeps Hope going, even when all reason has gone away

Thus is the driver, of the root of sentience 

Thus is the spirit of human nature 

Fighting the odds of a billion to one

Striving along in a world of all or none

Thus is the way of human resilience

Glory to the root of sentience!! Glory to its brilliance

Glory to the human spirit!! Glory to its resilience!!