128: because good things are fucking hard

I want to believe that good things are easy:

1.  Smiles
2.  A perfect cup of coffee
3.  Art
4.  Truth
5.  Joy

       I want to believe that choosing to live
       with my glass half full
       is simple.

          But I also want to tell the truth.

            I’ll need to fight for my smiles,
            take grown-up gulps before honest conversations,
            get my ass up at 6 a.m. to write poetry in sleepy haze.
            I’ll need to drink a lot of shitty coffee
            before my morning Ahhhh.

                The good stuff requires effort—
                                      and a hell of a lot of it.
             

(Maybe that’s why 
Hitler’s in history books.)