I’ll stand for the weak,
When my legs’re trembling.
Rise from blow after blow –
Knowing wretched value,
In persistence.
Not knowing when to stay dead.
Resilience & grit beyond grit.
Scars & stripes.
Echoes of screams.
Maddened lapses into madness.
Lapsed maddenings into solace.
Enlightenment,
There.