We all have something in our lives
That elicits pain and sorrow
The something might give us pause
For a day, a week, a month, a year
Then we settle
Successfully incorporating the new into the old

Then there are those experiences
That are life-changing
Causing such a monumental shift in
The gut, heart, and soul
That we are forever different
And that which we were is no more

Whether that change be for
The better or the worse
Is not for us to choose
As the something most likely
Is beyond our control or comprehension
At the time of its making

But now that the something has happened
What will you do with it

If for the better
I pray that you allow it to expand past
The confinement of your own self

If for the worse
I pray that you allow it to do good
And expand it past
The confinement of your own self

Otherwise it might slowly chip away
At your goodness
Until you are something that you hate
So I ask you
How will you use it