Beyond the time
We should have ended
We should have ended
Braced through trials
We should have lost
Betrayed by those
We’ve since unfriended
Benefits
Versus the costs
Reaching out
Where understanding
Doesn’t seem
What we will find
Surprised that we
Have stayed together
Unlike in life
Unlike in mind
Long suffering
We perfect our demons
Train them to bay
Outside for show
Yet past the hounds
Something propels us
Though scarier
The more we know.
