The Ties That Bind by Mike Williams 08/06/2016 @ 1:00 P.M.

From cradle to grave there are ties that bind,  
Some are ill fated while others free,  
To choose the choosing we are made by choice,  
But of the matters familiar 'tis sometimes removed, 
And burden visited upon thee.  

The will of iron bent and heart of steel wrent,  
Undone when constantly pressed and plied,  
Or a metal proven by time and circumstance,  
Yet I forge on courageous to the end,  
Knowing of test and trial I tried.