These are things I know to be true
not a million, not a thousand, only one then a few
For three decades of existing I haven't learned that much
Ignorance remains to be the biggest crutch
In love and war, mind and heart run bewildered
Stumbling in the dark, a faint light is all I can gather
Today, I turn another year, another year I am older
bolder, equipped, dressed in better armor
Made of what I know to be certain and true
Let me start with one that works like an old shoe
Love comes without a warning, love goes with no goodbye
not even a fortune teller can tell the hows and whys
but each time it visits, it bathes you all anew
The old is gone, there comes birth to a new you
Freedom is a treasure, a diamond to behold
the crown to every war story every book has ever told
Flying through the sky on a lovely autumn day
without care for hands and cages to clip your wings away
Work is a task to be done with everything you got
easy money and credentials, praises and whatnot
"Work is love made visible", says the wise Khalil Gibran
Value is made through the work of our hands
Time passes quickly like a bike's spinning wheels
regardless of what you do, think, eat, or feel
The clock's hands will keep moving, repeatedly, and again
Time may be your worst enemy or your greatest friend
A flower blooms and dies according to its plan
The waves move and flow, forward then back to sand
Following a natural order, this world cannot be stopped
not power nor catastrophes can halt a raindrop
In the next few decades, I will still be here
around with more truths as death's shadow comes near
For today, I rest with what I know for sure
Figuring out every step as I open more doors
