Beyond the time
We should have ended

Braced through trials
We should have lost

Betrayed by those
We’ve since unfriended

Benefits
Versus the costs

Reaching out
Where understanding

Doesn’t seem
What we will find

Surprised that we
Have stayed together

Unlike in life
Unlike in mind

Long suffering
We perfect our demons

Train them to bay
Outside for show

Yet past the hounds
Something propels us

Though scarier
The more we know.