Semivowel

Men are paltry things limited by a junior vowel.
Nurturing’s an act of change on par with disavowal.

Feed the thing inside of you that frightens those in power.
Answer all its questions; set it free from dungeon’s tower.

Being erudite does not require universities.
Nothing teaches us near as well as our adversities.

So, save me not from grist of days; or anything that shapes.
Give unto me the harder life; that carves & smooths & scrapes.

I won’t know what I will be when the final day slots in.
Yet, til then, I’ll’ve won it all…taking it on the chin.