Slowly this year nears an end.
How can time so short mean so much?
Oh how I’ve grown through both foe and friend.
Value absent from no moment... Each thought to each touch.

I risked it all.
Ignored the rules, followed my heart.
I climbed high, yet inevitably took my fall.
In this world so complex, I played a part.

Memory is what I have now.
Not regrets, disappointment, nor sorrow.
To walk the dreamer’s path was my vow.
So continue I shall, believing in tomorrow.

Life is certainly uncertain.
Yet I fear not the unknown.
Down the road of terror I have been.
And with courage, upon the winds of fate I have flown.

So break me, stop me, do all you can.
Inner strength stands immortal to such warfare,
Without thus, true peace remains elusive to man.
Know that the burden of hate one cannot forever bear.

Trust life, let go; Embrace the freedom of today.
Smile, laugh, and love them for all they may become.
Through happiness and hope, you shall find your way.
Let the evils of this world tremble before a soul so pure, so strong, and so fearsome.