Maybe

Maybe we will wake up
Wake up from this tomorrow
And realize it was all
Just a bad dream
We collectively shared,
Or maybe we will reason
That it needed to happen
To correct some wrongs.

I tell myself that
Everything happens
For a purpose, so of course
I am assuming there is
A purpose for this too.

If it doesn't grind me down,
It will only make me stronger.
I have learned to take what comes
And make the most of it,
So maybe these hard times
Are meant to make me
Think a little more
And try a little harder.

Someone once said
"There is nothing
So constant as change!"
And I see that as true,
So maybe I need to
Change as well.

Maybe if I close my eyes,
It will all go away,
But then maybe not.
How long should I
Close my eyes then?

Maybe this is another
Learning experience,
And if so, then what
Will the lesson be?

Maybe there are
Opportunities in this,
Ones I can't now see.
Maybe this will open
A whole new realm
Of possibilities
I never considered.

Maybe it is good,
And maybe it is not.
Only time will tell,
Or maybe it is up to me
To make of it
What I might.