Three pots of boiling water Bubbled on the stove In the first I put in coffee beans The second eggs, the third potatoes I watched in fascination as the water did it's best To conquer, coffebeans and potatoes and the fragile eggs I placed potaoes in a bowl AS I did also with the eggs I poured the coffee in a mug I bet your thinking, SO, What next? Yes there is a point And I will spell it out How would you face adversity Which way would turn out? Are you the potato... Go in hard and strong and tough To be conquered by the water You come out soft and turn to mush? Are you the eggs... With your tough outer shell The water hardens you inside So that pain is something You won't feel? Or are you like the coffee beans.... You face your adversity head on turn your misfortune into something else A thing to which your true self belongs? I know how I'd like to think I am Life isn't always what it seems So next time you feel it's gone to hell Just be a coffee bean.
Reason for writing:
Need to work on the ending..sorry about that.
Birth sign: Scorpio
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