We all received what we never expected,
And now some flinch,
Some sneer,
And some,
Perhaps not many,
Revel.
Not in the crash of glass,
Or the baptism of fire,
Those excitements are momentary,
Felt, then released.
No, the real importance,
The lesson learned,
Grasped, and relished,
Is that,
We can stand.
