If one loses hope, tell me what one gains:
false tranquility in early waking light?
There can be no true protection from pain.

Have you ever dreamt that you held the reigns
pumping your heart gently, morning to night,
but if you give up, there is nothing to gain.

Perhaps when quiet moments are such a strain
hopelessness alleviates failure, quite
truly, is there no protection from pain?

From making decisions we all must feign
for incomplete assurance leaves great fright
but if one loses hope, tell me what one gains.

Contentment in every moment ordained?
Eventually wind ceases from holding a kite.
Truly, is there no protection from pain?

Bring on the evening when sleep says my name
and I’ll fight despair with all of my might
for if one loses hope, all that one gains
is knowing there is no protection from pain.