I am still here because this life
I hold so dear even though sometimes
it brings a tear and I can always
hold my head up and find something
or someone to bring me cheer
and someone I can hold
to be dear.

Some days are bad and some days
are real sad but most days
I am just glad to be here but sometimes
certain memories make my days
real bad making me think
of all of those wasted years
and cried for nothing
tears.

All of those years have just
gone by so fast and nothing
during those years seemed to last
because everyone I know
always seemed to judge me
by my past.

Everyone wants to live
on the top of the mountain
but nobody wants to stop
and think of the happiness
and growth that occurred
during the climb.

Don't let the heights
of those mountains scare you
as you take one step at a time and when
the climbing gets rough don't even
think to yourself "that's enough" when
you know that there is more
and know that you have
to stay tough.

Your most valuable possession
that you have is already
inside you and what you do
with it is up
to you.

My life is full of love
and it serves me as an inspiration
for these words that I write
but I am still trying to get it right
knowing that the end is still
far from my sight so I go day to day
knowing that there are going to be those
bad days and bad nights.

After climbing one hill after another
I find that there are many more hills to go
but I can't help but look back
at the great distance I have come
and I go on knowing that there are
still many more miles to go
and that this walk has far from ended
but I will get there knowing that
I have not pretended.

Forward I go knowing
that there will be many
more bad days but the long dark years
are over because I can smell
the four-leaf clover and I am
still here.                                                            ­Jon York              2012