Lifes tough, not all of us  know it
Some choose to fake it and not to show it.

Life throws many obstacles your way.
How you deal with them has a lot to say.

Some people bury their feelings deep.
To theirsleves they like to keep.
It hurts too much to talk about.
Their private people, not ones to shout.
This way is hurtful to yourself, parcelling up your feelings to put on a shelf.
Deal with them at a later date, "not now honey it's far too late".

Others wear their feelings on their sleeves.
Their feelings always on display.
They feel the hurt so deep this way.
Open to hurt by those you love and trust.
As they see in your eyes where your loyalty lies.
Unable to keep it to yourself, your feelings lie unwrapped upon the shelf.

Others like to scream and shout.
Throw their feelings all about.
Never wondering should they stop, freely telling anyone who will listen.
Their dreams and wishes laid out, on the shelf open and glistened.

So many challenges, sent our way, tests of our strengths, each test a different severity and length.
Some tests last a lifetime, others go as quickly as they come.
Each test designed to highlight, detect, strengthen a weakness or two.

You can accept these challenges, see the test through.
Learn from the results and maybe come out a better version of you.

Or you can run from them, never knowing the you that would show, never knowing how far you could go, what person you could be.

Everyone's different no two the same, no right or wrong way to be.
Someone needs to guard and protect you, if not you then let it be me.