Despite the Darkness
On one quiet night
Along the streets clogged with the wretched and the lonesome
Where city lights flicker out amongst the silent grey fog
Where wind whispers of a downtrodden dream
And I stand amongst them, the masses of the hopeless, the existing
Ambling aimlessly along winding paths that never reach a horizon
Trapped breathing- no, suffocating- in the thick haze of apathy
And I stand amongst them----
Trudging through the dark gutters of empty years and wasted moments
Staring upwards through the clouded sky
Searching for a star, a beacon, some faint spark of
Meaning
The meaning of my life
To dance, despite the judgment of the crowd
To run, despite all mountains before my feet
To care, despite every instance the world turned aside
To smile, despite the burden carried on my shoulders
To risk, despite the warm allure of the known
To love, despite inevitable nothingness, and all who caution otherwise
To wonder, despite every cage that dares to confine me
To dream, despite entrapment within labels and definitions
To succeed, despite every naysayer with a malicious mantra
To create, despite the emptiness of the void
To feel, despite the numbness that grasps at my spirit
To hope, despite the faintness of the stars that glimmer above
To be, despite the darkness
And to live, despite every challenge the universe throws my way.