An ode to life

Has it been always like this?
Have I always been the person I am today?

Change is an altogether wonderful and terrible thing
It is the inevitability of it that is its appeal

How one spoken word; one minute detail, one grave action
Can change our destiny forever

Life is full of what-ifs and whys
It is a set of rules spoken and unspoken

What draws the line between good and evil?
What constitutes tact and the blatant disregard of it?

Without good, there would be no evil;
Without light, there would be no dark

We are all opposites and the same
We are hatred and yet love

To some, fortune is a lifestyle;
To most, it is a dream

Is it truly better to keep silent?
Why must we live in pretense?

The truth is never really the truth;
The truth is, we believe what we want to believe

Hope. Hope. Hope.
Hope but never expect

Dreams become reality only with conditions
Nothing in life is for free.

Live. Laugh. Love
It is what makes us human

It is what gives us hope
It is life.