Ace it

Run straight, keep pace, keep time
Until you can't breathe, but
Keep it up, leap it up, anyway.

There are promises to keep
And tribes to bolster
And chaoses to hold from the brink
Of destruction
And there are things to do
And, far more than you,
There are those who have dealt with 
Much, much worse.

It's not like you hadn't expected this
To fall apart in your face, anyway.
 
But what you hadn't expected was
The falling apart to face you with
A slew of people who
Hold you
Upright
And a calming hand 
To whisk a bit of the burden 
Off your tired back. 

So today stop whining.
So you fell apart. So what? Keep trying 
And reverse the curse by
Wording it your way.

And laugh at the comic nature
Of life that is
A comedy of errors
And of impressive triumphs.

Ace the test, now.
Face it strong,
And ace it.