Among the hills a meteorite
Lies huge; and moss has overgrown,
And wind and rain with touches light
Made soft, the contours of the stone.

Thus easily can Earth digest
A cinder of sidereal fire,
And make her translunary guest
The native of an English shire.

Nor is it strange these wanderers
Find in her lap their fitting place,
For every particle that's hers
Came at the first from outer space.

All that is Earth has once been sky;
Down from the sun of old she came,
Or from some star that travelled by
Too close to his entangling flame.

Hence, if belated drops yet fall
From heaven, on these her plastic power
Still works as once it worked on all
The glad rush of the *******.

Our lives are filled with many faces,
Seasons change and we forget their names.
Passing strangers         unfamiliar places
Someday soon you'll learn it's all a game.

Wake up        realise that there's nothing left.
Did she mean it when she said 'forever'?
Daydream   storm comes   every thing you have
Feeling things you always thought you'd never.

Once upon a time you had convictions,
Principles are only for the young.
Soon you'll find there's nothing to believe in.
Soon you'll find there's nowhere you belong.

Many years pass and everything changes.
Teardrops    oceans    every day it rains
Those we loved when we were so much younger
Leave us and only despair remains.

We were hopeful, we were optimistic,
Now we're old and tired and alone.
Those we loved have left us in the morning.
Empty bed, a house no longer home.

In those years most people give up hoping,
Only few continue to believe.
Those who loved once will live on forever.
*Find peace in your own eternity.

I came into this world
with a noose around my neck
which raises questions,
Am I suppose to be here?
I've tried the alternate,
but Im a coward,
I can't take my own life!
The damage it would cause
to my friends and family,
it would destroy them...
Would it?

Oh no...
oh no, no, no.

Yes...

Yes!

"Yes."

if we must die,
let it be known that
you're only as great as yesterday lets you.
that the leader of men carries the hope of all men.
that the world is never the final destination of life.
that man is only a photograph of heaven.

if we must die.
let it be known that eternity lives in every face.
that the mind is all but a femur of the unspoken soul.
that you are only a footstep ---
and every footstep must wash so to leave room for other footsteps.

since we must all die,
let it be known that you once stood--

let that be known.