Beginning with a smooth stone
Still young and ungrown
Released into the river of life
Stumbling through the jagged rocks
Cut by life\'s endless strife
Heart forged from memories of compassion
Hope born to live off of tomorrow\'s rations
Soul taught by drops of blood and sacrifice
Mind crafted through tarnished dreams of paradise
Every wound and scar
Building who we really are
Shaped by the tailors of joy and agony
The twins of chaos and order, happiness and tragedy
Sharpened from the stones and storms
Filling the mold of experience to give way to new form