Life Life is a force It breaks you open, then teaches you How to rise. It sharpens the spirit, steadies the bones, turning every scar into a doorway longing, to be found Don't hammer it shut; allow it to open Some scars need to be revealed, so We can be healed. It's heavy its holy And at times it's bright enough to blind you dark enough to teach you what your own hands are made of Dragging you through nights that feel so long When thoughts turn into storms like a match burning in the wind Or days when it just seems like you won't win. Life is a force- dark enough to humble you bright enough to save you real enough to hurt you and human enough to make every scar mean something And somehow you are still here still standing still learning still carrying a heart that refuses to quit. Life is a force, isn't it? By Delleesa Harris 4/11/26