Strength

What is your strength?

Such a profound question.

It comes in so many forms,

But do we have even the essence?

Strength cannot be learnt from others,

You can admire it in them,

But through experience and adversity,

You must teach yourself.

Sometimes you have to lean on others,

And that is not weakness,

As long as you don’t keep leaning,

Till you need crutches.

We learn to believe in a lot of things,

But the most powerful faith,

That we cannot be taught,

Is faith in ourselves.

When you’re emotionally strong,

You will never be hateful or violent.

You are not at conflict with yourself,

So why resort to it with others.

Sometimes it is hard to find strength,

When the pain is deep or for your own.

But in that moment if you can find it,

It will be a strength unknown.