Resilience

How do we
Snap back,
Resilient as a
Rubber band,
From what should
Sink us in a funk?
Some few people are
Born optimistic,
Others are victims,
Both beyond help.
Most must try
As best they can
To recover
From adversity.
By logic,
Faith,
Or just
Plain grit,
They make their
Way through grief
To new-found
Hope.
There is no
Hurrying them along,
No leading them,
No explaining
To them,
They must find
Their own way
Back to balance
And common
Sense over
Their loss.
It is like learning,
A kind of miracle
But not in any
Classroom or
Couch. It
Takes place
In the heart,
Not the head.