Through The Ice

Many who die deserve life
Many who live deserve death
So live with fire, laugh at fate
Bare your teeth as you draw your final breath.

Life's a journey 'cross a frozen lake
Wind howling in your face
Never know how solid your steps are
Until the moment you fall through the ice.

We all march into the unknown
Time whipping our backs
Pushing us ever forward
Until the moment we fall through the ice.

Drowning in the blackest water
One mis-taken step
Laden with past choices
Pure consequence pulling me down.

We never know when we're to die
We only choose what we do with our time
Too many let it go to waste
I cannot let this be my fate.

A hand burst from the water
Veins frozen through
Inch by inch, hour by hour
I dragged myself back onto the ice.

Ad mortem gelor
Sed perseverabo, et hoc superabo.