death in pain or silence finds us all too soon afraid we hide eluding life not death each day we spend afraid to live each day we spend appeasing family, fates and friends that cannot be appeased is lost as surely as the days to come when we will rest beneath the sod unmourned by family, fates and friends that never cared that could not be appeased life in glory blazing bright waits for those who dare to live today who challenge death who challenge family, fates and friends who challenge life who give their best who give their soul without reserve without regret who hold back darkness tending light for all who live for all who might