Today I learned a lesson
A lesson that has to be experienced
Not taught
A lesson learned from living life
Such experiences can\'t be bought
Today I learned a lesson
Today I layed a reef
Today I learned to savour the taste of blood between my teeth
It was the flavour of endurance
Not the flavour of defeat
It reminded me I was human
Currents of emotions flowed beneath my glassy surface
Life wasn’t frozen underneath
A sinking feeling in my gut
Akin to a slow
Almost deliberate penetration of..
A rusty nail..
Through a foot
A pain so hot it burns
Melting the ice sheets of my eyes
A reminder that I\'m human
A blessing in disguise
For too long until now
No rain has fell
I almost miss the sound
My tears replenish the parched soil
Penetrating the parched ground
A lifetime making money
But void of emotions all these years
That was until the thunderstorm..
The thunderstorm of tears
Feeling under the weather and it shows
I own plenty pots of gold
But zero rainbows