The Damned

Without your smile my strength will buckle, the dam will break and I will come undone.
The pain will wash over me, and I will not want to come up for air.
With your smile my strength will buckle, the dam will break and I will come undone.
The pleasure will wash over me, and I will not want to come up for air.

Famous Last Words

Some words from the Bible, though I don't make it habit to quote from this source, seems appropriate for the moment:  "It is finished."

Where I will gather strength from here is anyone's guess.  Perhaps finally, I have found my intestinal fortitude.  It doesn't feel like in this moment, but there are many days in front of me to find out. 

"I failed," said Jean Paul Sartre, and I quite agree.  But lessons are learned from failure, usually not easy ones, yet important ones.  I'm a good learner, actually a very good learner. 

I am weaker than I like to appear but stronger than I think I am.

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu

I am half way there already.  I will find strength again one day.  My courage gives me hope.

It is finished.

Se Eu Pudesse Te Abraçar

If I could I would but don’t want some but all.
If you would, I could not let you take that fall.
If you should think I would, you know too much.
If you would, to know that, could be enough.