How the Years Condemn

We are not invincible

Nor are we indestructible

There are choices - points of return

Will the path be easy?

Nothing is easy, but that's reality

For the sake of my loved ones

I will remain on this earth

It's the last chance to face the fears

I have always known

Better that than

to fear the unknown

How the years condemned my

heart to a plague of madness

How the years condemn

I think back on a life of friendships

Now, more than ever I cherish them

Was it you that had my back,

my absent friend?

I have to take these challenges to head on

No more excuses or fragile promises

I hope now I finally understand,

my absent friend