I am at the brink of time
there's no looking back--
the past dissolves and my life
is in the balance.  A tiny crack

would make me slip
into the abyss of the unknown-
I have chosen this path
and none should I blame--alone

this is my moment of reckoning
yet my heart so assured does rest
life is never to be feared but to be conquered
every challenge it poses has to be addressed

in the singularity and insularity
of the now-- nothing shall stand in my way
all my inner resources I will harness
here my testament I write- I will stay.