That some people

That some people

Go through life with nary a care

The way ahead easily read

Their purpose clear

The tasks achievable

In a personable way

Not too much to cause distress

Or ruffle their progress

But I’m not sure about

The truth of this

Whether the facts

Have been verified

Peer reviewed

The results replicated.

Even the smoothest journey

Will hit a pothole

Your reaction is key

Eventually

The road will become

Less, ‘I want to say travelled

But it feels too frosty.’

How we rise to a challenge

Shoulder the burden

Carry the can

May come with practice

When we prevail

The easier it becomes.

The softest skin

Is the first to blister

Resilience is the callus.

It is a pain sometimes

To see the pretty ones

Get the best seats

The preferential treats

Privilege births an expectation

Of success.

But I guess

It is easier to sit at the back

In the cheap seats

Throwing tomatoes

Than to confront the fat wads

Where it hurts

In the full glare

Of the footlights

Centre stage

Tear them off a strip

Emperors new clothes

Laid bare

And see what they make of that.