No the answer is not 42!

How many times?
They ask me
how many times does your heart have to open?
But how many times, I ask,
does the slightest discomfort,
the slightest touch
cause it to shrink
and shrivel up?

They ask me
how many times do you have to find your way?
But how many times, I ask,
do I have to get lost
at every fork
on the main road
forgetting
the mountains I have promised to climb?

They ask me
how many times does your life have to change?
But how many times, I ask,
do I have to realize
the more I change
the more I need to change?

How many times
do I have to get up?
One more time
than the times I fall.