Barry Van Allen - Grains

Maintain your sense of dignity,
wherever you may go,
carry your head high,
as you proceed from what you know!

Learn from your experience,
then learn again from mine,
learn to read life's signposts,
that are put there for the blind.

We all learn to weather pain,
and conquer mass confusion,
to separate reality, from puzzles,
from illusions...

Towards the ending of the journey,
you will come to understand,
that the meaning of your battles,
are like the castle made of sand,
... without each and everyone of them,
there is no way that it could stand!

Barry Van Allen

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