Strength

How do we measure
Strength?
A yard stick, ruler,
Scales, by the buckets?
Or can we see it with
Our eyes and even then,
Will we be able to attain
The full measure of it;
Strength?

What determines
Strength?
How we lift burdens,
Charge through obstacles?
Or is it shown in
Our love for others,
Which most of the time
Cannot be seen; this
Strength?

When we ask,
Are we strong?
When others say,
You are strong,
We should ask,
How do you know?
We should say,
Especially when I know
I have not the
Strength.