Love Poems || FINISHED

to those who...

There are those who we all remember in time of crisis,

they built us up, lead us to our highest points.

They laid on the spikes for you to walk over them,

hoping you would achieve greatness through their sacrifice.

Here's to you, who held me up, no matter the price.

Here's to your sacrifice so I could be known.

Here's to you, who lifted my spirits when they dragged in the pits of hell,

when you came to me as I was, and pushed me to soar through heaven.

Here's to you, who even when I hated you,

you used my anger to benefit me, to push me on.

Here's to your death,

the greatest sacrifice for me to live.

Here's to those who carried me, when my feet could not support me.

You laid down your burdens and woes to carry me, when I couldn't go on.

There were those who ignited a passion in me,

who made my heart burn to move, to travel, to breathe, to be alive.

And those who despised me, who did their best to knock me down,

yet they also carried me on my way to victory over them. 

I overcame them. 

I look back at how far I've come, the long road winds down from where I came.

I realize there's a crowd waiting for me above, of those who made me who I am,

just waiting for me patiently, hoping their sacrifice was not in vain.

I am not who I used to be, I've grown so much.  

I know now, it was not me alone who walked this dangerous path. 

There were so many others, who aided me, who guided me, 

who were my companions and even looked up to me.

The impact they had, the sacrifices they made, and how they left my journey,

that is what made me who I am. 

Their efforts will not be in vain, I will live on for them,

their lives will shine through who I am today, for they are the reason I am strong.