Gratitude

It is not love if love is cold to touch

It is not belief when there's nothing there to trust

Could not submit, would never bring myself to heel

Determination grows as each truth's revealed

Torn and repaired, just to endure it all again

Without a reason for my place in all this pain

Though well-concealed, the scars, they just compound

Until there's nothing left of what was my former self

My god, look at what we are now

Without regret for all the things that we have done

Thank you for all the doubts and for all the questioning

For all the loneliness and for all the suffering

For all the emptiness and the scars it left inside

It inspired in me an impetus to fight

For the conviction, for the purpose found along

For the strength and courage that in me, I've never known

And if it seems to you that my words are undeserved

I write this in gratitude for whatever good it serves

Sometimes I wish that you could see me now

In the rightful place, where I knew that I belonged

Sometimes I wish that you might someday understand

And close the chapter and lay to rest the past

But nothing would change, we make the best of what we have

For we are measured by the actions of our lives

We bide our time, let the future unfold

Like immortals in great legends to be told

My god, look at what we are now

Without regret for all the things that we have done

Thank you for all the doubts and for all the questioning

For all the loneliness and for all the suffering

For all the emptiness and the scars it left inside

It inspired in me an impetus to fight

To all who stood with me, when we stood as one

Thank you for guiding me, for bringing me home

And if it seems that I'm obliged to say these words

I write this in gratitude, the least that you deserve