What will you do
If it all falls apart?
If all that you worked for
Each moment of striving
Results in a net loss
With no dream surviving?
Would you blame yourself?
Would you blame someone else?
A system that’s broken?
No clear sense of self?
Where will you find
The strength to go on
When there’s naught left to trust
And all hope is gone
The difficulty
With trusting the plan
Is the plan struggles hard
To stand up to the man
But you do as well
Standing up for yourself
Was never your strong suit
You thought it was selfish
And now, in this world
Where just strong survive
You stand here outnumbered
With no will to fight
Yet there’s one thing you know
One thing life has taught you
Johanum burns now
But its end redefines you
Time is the great
Equalizer of men
Popularity’s fickle
Fortunes, they thin
Not because justice
Has any great voice
But because we can learn
To own our own choices
And our lives grow stronger
And taller, and fierce
We don’t fear the masses
Or crave what they cheer
We find the strength
Deep down inside of our souls
To be who we are
To choose to be whole
Even if whole costs us
All that we’ve got
At least it was worth it
Our one life, one shot
We lived it with all that we had
It’s enough
With a face that’s all at once
Gentle and tough
And a heart sometimes kind
Sometimes just a bit rough
No, life wasn’t calm
But you always leaned in
You have lots to be proud of, my friend