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Courage

I give myself to the world

in the hopes that I could change it.

Remake it from these lost souls,

dissolve this culture of hate.

But the further I dive, the harder it is to breathe

surrounded by all this suffering

it's exhausting

to be idealistic.

 

Should I just surrender?

Say goodbye, and give in

to the weight of the impossible?

To think this dream could turn plausible

is a fading vision as I wake.

 

But I get up everyday, still .

I say, "You have so much to be grateful for,"

and it makes me ******* hate it more

because it will always be too much.

I give and I give

and I'm

WEAK

with life

WEAK

with love

and I can't stop taking.

 

But somehow,

this weakness makes me stronger

connected to all those others

who hold the world each day,

are brave enough to whisper,

"I'll go on with you."

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Jun 19, 2013
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