It’s
the slow defeat
After grinding ice
The years and wars
A war on hope
Waging despair
A battle the heart
The cost the care
The numbing fatigue
In mind and bones
The gradual decay
The hardening stones
I must keep on
Without despite
I must keep going
With load less light
I will press on
Knowing not the way
Though take my life
There’s no other way
I keep on though
I never much cope
I breathe and hold to
“Only fool’s hope”
This news tis foolish
For those perishing
But power to save
For I’m still hoping
A battle the heart
The cost the care
The numbing fatigue
In mind and bones
The gradual decay
The hardening stones
I must keep on
Without despite
I must keep going
With load less light
I will press on
Knowing not the way
Though take my life
There’s no other way
I keep on though
I never much cope
I breathe and hold to
“Only fool’s hope”
This news tis foolish
For those perishing
But power to save
For I’m still hoping
