Thank you.

[modernknight]

Here I stand, on my own again.
No one here, just blood and bone again.
But there are so many still around me,
so many hearts that confound me,
so much love that it drowns me,
and I am comforted then.

I see the cruelties of heartless men.
I watch them smile and call me friend.
But the warmth of true friendship surrounds me,
the hearts of my knights seek to assure me,
that this world that I'm in won't go blurry,
and that cruelties I won't let me rend.

I could be surrounded on all sides.
with my friends all strung out like raw hides.
But their love will be within me,
from here to the center to the sea,
Cali, OK, or michigan they be,
and they tell me that I will not bend.

So I won't and I'll stay strong 'til the end.
I will be the most damnable friend.
For they'll be beside me,
rushing sand or splashing sea,
and damnit we'll all be free,
then we'll start it all over again.

Dedicated to all of my friends that have been there for me throughout my rough times.

Everyone in Oklahoma, California, Michigan, and other far off states.

Thank you all. And remember.

When all is said and done, there's only one thing to do.
Defeated or victorious.

Stand.