EXTRAORDINARY
A Poem By Sajju Jain
To be not ordinary
What does it mean?
To stand apart from the crowd
What does one do?
The answer to this is simple
But few will try
Cause the need is to suffer
When pleasure is by your side
Why willingly endure
The pain of apt struggle
Perseverance feels unnecessary
When easy and comfortable
Are here and available
But to be un-ordinary
Is to do what only few can
It is to push upwards
Against all that pulls you down
Move past acceptable
That must be the norm
Our daily practice - excellence
No matter dusk or dawn
I want to be uncommon
It is so easy to say
But for this you need to undertake
A journey where few follow
To see what fewer see
Do what others don’t want to
Or become what many will criticize
That is the price you pay
To rise above the fray
Whether it is body, mind, or soul
Into a furnace they must go
To be forged into strength
Stronger than any substance that's known
Then one day seeing yourself
You will be able to say
I am all that I could be
I have become my extraordinary.
Date Published: 13 April 2017
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