THE FORGE
Thrust into the flames of strife
my soul quickened by the fires
of calamity
hammered upon
the anvil time
by the ceaseless blows
of life
I am a sword
forged in the crucible
of vicissitude
quenched in the waters
of ascendancy
ever the victor
over life's
adversities
tempered by
the tribulations
fate has visited upon me