Destiny

By Andrew Torrence

Some say I am destined for failure

Destined to lose and fall

But the only time true failure is reached

Is if I fall and do nothing at all

I WILL get up when I stumble and rise when I trip

I will hold on tightly to my faith, and be sure not to lose my grip

Many people, they say that the truth will set you free

But it is this very same truth that keeps me confined in this jail cell of misery

But one day in this short life

I WILL prove all haters and nay-sayers wrong

I’ll show them that their negativity helped me all along

Their hate kept me going, it kept me striving to do better

This is the fuel that I use, to keep me going on towards my true destiny forever and ever

I am the “Little Engine That Would” not that “Could” succeed

This will be a metaphor for my life until I take my last breath to breathe

I WIIL make it in life, I WILL reach a new height

No matter what you do or say, I will earn my birth right

My birth right for independence, and to be all that I can be

I believe that in the long-run, my faith will set me free

These shackles of discouragement and hate will finally fall

And I WILL be the one who wins in life after all

After all that I would have been through, After all that I would have faced

I may not be number one, but at least I would have finished my race

My race for my freedom, love, and what some might call amazing grace

When my trials and tribulations say their goodbyes, one by one

I will be waving back at them, my face beaming, with a smile as bright as the sun

For it is true that what doesn’t kill you will truly make you stronger

All my hardships make my love for my life last longer

And hopefully when I die to take my last breath

The whole world will know that he only thing truly destined, is death.