Conditions of Body and Mind After You Turn Thirty

All the things that used to be
so easy,
have suddenly become so difficult.
But now it’s difficult for me to give up
on difficult things,
for I believe in easy ones no more.
For years I’ve been sitting here,
staring at a single spot,
waiting for that picture
to miraculously change.
But now I know
that the whole can only be seen
from another distance,
When my head was hard,
I thought my legs were heavy too.
But now I know
that the threshold of pain
is just the final obstacle
before reaching the goal.