Reality Bites

Reality bites and bites hard,

Digging its teeth deep and

Knawing relentlessly;

Not ever letting go, violently shaking

Its head side to side and to and fro.

No remedy or relief of the vice-like jaws,

Only taking the bite and the burn.

Becoming one with the teeth

And the unletting pressure.

Accepting truth, accepting reality,

A weakness becomes strength.

A fear becomes hope,

And the one time storm

Becomes a calm and it's all good.