Painfully Beautiful Reminders

Pain, my teacher;

Discomfort, my friend.

Mountain top vistas

With fracture portends,

Though path is in sight,

Stumbling descents

And darkness of night.

Rough edges yielding

To the patches ahead.

No longer shielding,

Misleading with dread.

Pain, my teacher;

Discomfort, my friend.

I guess it’s good

To see you again.