When you believe the sky above is far too high For you to even try That’s when all your bright dreams twist awry And you just sit there, doing nothing but cry… That's when you fail...
When you believe the ocean’s too deep for even your tears to drown That’s when all your greenest faiths fade brown and all you can do is wear that frown… That's when you are unworthy...
When you finally believe the journey to the world’s end can’t be accomplished And you let every chance slip into the abyss That’s when you let your future go to lease And let sorrow itself give you its kiss… That's when you are hopeless...
But amidst all your sorrows and sufferings and failures If you still stand up each time And let life itself test you one more time That's when you reach beyond the sky That’s when you touch the depths of the bottomless ocean And that’s when you finally break the earth’s grasp…
Then you start a new life Full of hopes and full of dreams All your faded faiths turned green again That's when you rise to your full potential To be the man you had never been…
This poem comes from a hopeless guy who one day believes to rise to his full potential, and *hopes* to see his true self, without any extrinsic help.