volcano

life is like a volcano.
it lays dormant for a long period of time.
and when it does erupts.
it leaves you speechless and
scrambling for cover.
it comes suddenly, the eruption.
without notice, without warning.
it scars you emotionally and mentally.

people tell me.
everything in life is a challenge,
a test from God.
then why is it that some people,
have to face more 'challenges' and 'tests',
then others?
they say,
it's 'cause they are special.
God has other plans for them.

they say,
be strong and face all that God
throws into your face.
but they never said
how hard it would be,
or how it can break you.

once you fall, it tramples all over you.
you can hardly scramble to your knees.
it doesn't help when your loved ones
don't offer you a helping hand.
worse still, when they don't
understand you.

at the end of the day,
either you crawl back up,
or you lay spawling on the streets.
but.
for sure you will be marked.
emotionally and mentally.
forever more.