Reflections

Reflections of A Life Distant Planet by Savalas Everyone has a reason to fight, To struggle against those who would take it all away. For a belief, A need. For something precious, Someone we love. For those of us born into this life, We must ask ourselves: What do we fight for? For whom? Ask ourselves what our reason is, Learn it, discover it, Understand it. A soldier who fights without a reason, Without a cause he believes in, He who fights because he's told to, He is no soldier at all. We are soldiers, Fighting not to win a war, But to keep alive a sliver of hope After the world's ruin. Remember our reason, Remember our cause. Keep it in our hearts Because it fuels hope. It is our only light on this dark path To hold back fear and despair, It whispers to us, Daring us, challenging us. And that whisper will rise to a roar On the day we need it the most, Until it is silenced When we draw our last breath. What is your reason? When we look back at our lives, See all that we've done, All our achievements and victories, Mistakes, and defeats, Joys and loves, Grief and heartbreaks, What will it be? Do we stand with our chin up, Proud? Or do we cry and cower In the face of a life of regrets? Those we fight for, Those whom we die to protect, How will they remember us? Will they see us as heroes? Cowards, or failures? Do they still love us? Who are we? Everyone has a choice How to come to our end, How we will remember ourselves, How we will be remembered by those we leave behind. Do we fight against the darkness? Rise up, and defy it? To keep alive that small spark of hope, Sacrifice ourselves so that others may live? Or do we give in to despair, Admit defeat, Escape, run away, And doom those we love? The choice is ours. It's always been ours. When will you Rage? Finally, this question: How will the story end? Who reads the final chapter, And closes the last page?