anyway

ships will crash, stories always end

tell them anyway

the dark will grow

hold the light anyway

you will fear so much

please brave life anyway

mistrust will rule. everything.

open your mind anyway.

there will be days without faith

without hope and strength and love

and you must live anyway

he’s going to break your heart. she’s going to lie. to your face. over and over.

forgive anyway

life will throw rocks at your window.

the walls around your heart will collapse. your pride will be bruised,

your will damaged,

your thoughts rampant.

you will fall.

you will be torn.

perhaps apart.

but by god,

stay vulnerable anyway.