With all the strength I mustered Through these diligent years I watch you stand all flustered Trapped by insipid fears I can't deny the power The intrinsic fruitfulness Of spending every hour In search of meaningfulness Watch me bleeding Hear me breathing Watch me evolve By my own resolve There is a light in madness Which seeps in through the rift And lets you feel the sadness - Illumination's gift In any given moment I'll choose to feel the pain To open up to torment So as not to have lived in vain There was a time when I, didn't value the choice to live my life And destruction was my core, But it brought only pain and fear and strife Now I stand fast in the firmness of choices made And the direction in my will to stand apart To stand strong, yet always humble, and treat existence as an art But in my bleakest moments I dread that my fearfulness is winning However, within the darkest hour Always lies the wherewithal for a new beginning Hear my words: Dread the pointlessness of indolence Stay firm in hand and heart! The quest for satisfaction - A life void of all deeds To only seek distraction To only fill your needs It's such a nonexistence You're such a waste of space I hope it sparks resistance - Your lives' of dull disgrace Watch a land Out of hand That which you dread Is for what I have bled