Our Fighting Breath

this is our place

under any condition

it is our purpose

to weather

any storm

   through any weather

for this

　is why we do this

for that

   is why we are this

that we may last

so that tomorrow

   may exist

through all the madness

broken promises, death

and nightmares

   from this today

we will take everything

　

to stay alive

and awake

so we may sleep

and awake

to live again　

and keep breathing

so we will kill

we will eat

we will survive

all the awful things

so we can make time

to breed hope

and make babies

to take advantage

from this today

　for the sake of the next

which could never exist

without the promise

   of the next

Author's Note