Your endurance and strength are powerful, you are the reason I go on
I am the luckiest man in the world, you have not yet gone
You taught me well, to ensure decisions are the right ones to make
But, there is only so much a man like me can ultimately take
I have stood at the base of the tree looking up towards the sky
I wonder and I fret over the reasons why
I look into the distance, past the leaves, looking at something far
the thought of you crosses my mind like a shooting star
It seems I don't have the courage to do this evil act
I remember when we were talking and I made that little pact
I will never take my life, by my own hand
I pledge today, to fight on through, I'm going to make a stand

Gavin H
21 May 2014