Pain

Source: http://www.phy.iitb.ac.in/psiphy - (Psi-Phy Mag)

Pain has an aura and a mystic glow
It teaches through tarnished remembrances
No matter what valour or courage we show
The resolute tears must wet our eyelashes

Pain gives resolve to some, to some despair
Those of stout heart fight on and do not yield
Unsheathed, the sword of hope is bold and bare
And held aloft, the battle hardened shield

For where pain burns away decaying souls
It plants new saplings of new lofty goals

AUGUSTUS