i saw them sitting beneath an old tree and they were waiting there for me with arms stretched open wide showing me a place inside how it was burning against the night a blinding, brilliant golden light when they spoke it sounded like a song and i knew that i didn't really belong because i was tired, too weak couldn't find the words to speak they knew i wasn't ready to return i still had so much to learn this life was too short to give up when i hadn't seen or heard enough whispers in my ear drift down to my heart the world around me was falling apart so gently they guided me home i knew then i had to carry on and i felt like i was ripped away from a place i couldn't stay so i've made it my life long duty to always find hope, truth and beauty and to know there's always more something to have faith in, fight for to be the best i possibly can and someday they will take my hand i came so close, so near to death all my dreams were in a breath i came back fighting, gasping for air with stars in my pockets, leaves in my hair beneath an old and ancient tree a second chance was waiting for me