Regardless the events to come,  
know you shall be loved. 
Whether tumult or deluge,  
human devastation 
by human hands,  
or peril by complacency,  
the light shall play 
across the curves of your face 
even in the darkness of 
my mind. 
 
When wraiths attempt 
to split my spine,  
I will smile 
at the familiar refrain 
of brutality,  
for I caught a glimpse 
of a future filled with longing. 
I've now earned a 
life worth losing. 
 
My prayers and life force 
shall sing of gratitude 
for allowing us to cross 
one last time.
John Weber
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hyperbole-no-more/