Bear Your Cross Poem by John Sensele

Bear the cross among your siblings with stoicism
Bear the cross among your offspring without flinching
Bear the cross in your relationships without cynicism
If growth and maturity at your door should come knocking.

Bear your cross when love evaporates
Bear your cross when rudeness visits your abode
Bear your cross when your life encounters threats
If lower benchmarks should steer away their dread.

Bear your cross when goal congruence flies away
Bear your cross when intrinsic motivation becomes a luxury
Bear your cross when pleas lose their way
If your future should lord it over usury.

Bear your cross when fate hands you an ambiguous hand of cards
Bear your cross when finances and gregariousness work at cross purposes
Bear your cross your political party ill-treats its unsung bards
If handsome dividends should whack unbidden stresses.