As I walked on a tight rope,
I deliberated the path ahead with the help of hope,
And his fraternal twin,
Despair.
‘STOP! and go back through the gate,
As no toiling can keep you from the chosen fate,
Tell me, did the ocean ever reach her beloved moon?
Years of anguish but nothing gained.
Hope is right here, don’t listen to that liar,
To become a diamond, you must go through fire,
Your will can split oceans,
So, what is fate?
Tell me, what is it you require?
What is this endless turmoil of desires?
You are a fool to think you can win,
When everything has already been won.
Hope is right here, don’t listen to that liar,
To live, you need a burning desire,
Rage against the dying flame,
Winning is not your sole aim.
Didn’t the moth die chasing the flame?
Running after glory is a futile game
As you and me, we will always be walled
So what is the point of burning the midnight oil
Hope is right here, don’t listen to that liar,
Have you not seen life push through a wall, higher and higher?
The life in the seed will always shoot
For how long will the seed be encumbered?
As I reached the end of my rope,
I refused to let despair interlope,
For life is for striving,
For life is for living.
For life is for living.