Resilience Poem

Resilience Poem By Sue Ellson

Resilience Poem

By Sue Ellson

 

As each challenge appears
I can push past my fears
To resist the damage
To recover from ravage

 

The pain
The conflict
The strain
The relic

 

Of memory
Of time
Of wishing
Of mine

 

Surprised to be confronted
Alone in my past
Surprised to be confounded
Again in my cast

 

But just as the broken bone
Mends itself in time
I can release the plaster
And emerge just fine

 

The process starts
The process goes
The process ends
The process flows

 

Dynamic
In tune
Repeated
So soon

 

Mystified
When I rise
Released
Revived
Ready to strive

 

Now resilient
Now competent
Now content

 

With what will be
With what I’ll see
And how I’ll be
In my story

 

A dear friend of mine is currently studying the topic of resilience and she gave me some words related to resilience, including ecologies (the ability to resist damage and recover quickly), process, surprise, approaches and dynamic. These were incorporated into the poem above. I hope that this poem resonates with you if you need a little extra resilience right now. With love, Sue Ellson 🙂

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