Growth is the only evidence of life. And life changes. It is not necessary to change though. Survival is not mandatory. That may be the only thing we can trust. What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness? Greatness? Pride? Nothing is secure. Nothing keeps. Except maybe honor. And even that may not keep.
I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER. IN SOME WAY.
To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. And I've always envisioned my songs as love, as hope. I risked much in writing them, and soon became victim to them. To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
And though I loved, and greatly lost, I hope. Even still.
I lost my best friend. And what he taught me is that we are all in the gutter, only some of us are looking at the stars.
DARRYL SHEARS.
if hope is the dream of an awake soul - my eyes are wide open.
