I find it no small miracle
the force of will
incomprehensible
what some people do
tolerate
to
keep
on
kicking.
Sometimes the knowledge that there is no point
is almost enough on its own
to sell me on giving up
this lonely charade.
To add onto that
rolls of fat
decaying limbs
failing minds
screaming kids
monotony
or any of the other traps
holes
pitfalls
that seem to spring up
on most everyone else.
I can only sit and marvel.
The will.
tenacity.
steady
steady
resolve.
Above all else,
this one thing
gives me hope.