The World is not your oyster.
The Universe does not only dance for you.
Love can die, and hate can live.
Your tears cannot help,
      mortality is alive for only so long.

The man who is strongest,
   is he who can love the world when the chips are down.
The soul who can reach into the depths of darkness,
   pluck a magic light from his inner hat or heart,
Find the silver lining,
   laugh in the rain of despair.
Smile at the pain of sacrifice,
   realize what is, must be,
     and is always there.

Dreamer of reality yet unknown.
A man of conviction of that which must come.
But the mirror image is backwards,
  and reality rarely follows suit.

So do not cry for those who have left you behind.
Just smile and realize not all of life can be kind,
  so it isn't.


~~niantar~~~