Opposition in All

God eventually moves you
to the other side of everything.
Your team loses.
You disappoint a friend.
You raise teenagers
and morph into your mother.
You shuffle around in the same
comfortable justifications
your enemies broke in years ago.

Experience gives us options,
clothes choice in clarity.
We arc through life
from child to ancient,
descendant to ancestor.
We answer prayers
and wrestle out blessings.
The pendulum always swings
back to God.

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