The Hammer

To the world, I'll give my best.

I know not when I will die,

But I have faced my death, 

and decided to still try.

The only death I ever feared,

was a tragic one for me,

Where my heart gets smashed,

in a heart smashing spree.  

I saw a hammer in the sky,

always downward slamming,

so I hid my heart inside,

and started reprogramming.

The hammer hit my head,

with brutal swings and blows

but my head could take it

and it kept me from my throes.

I faced that hammer in the sky,

really, not that long ago,

I opened up my hidden heart,

and gave it room to grow.

The hammer still does strike

like I feared before

but it rarely ever hits me

as I dance across the floor.