wish you were here

"So you think, so you think you can tell

Heaven from Hell

Blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field

From a cold steel rail?

A smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell? 

Did they get you to trade

Your heroes for ghosts?

Hot ashes for trees?

Hot air for a cool breeze?

Cold comfort for change?

And did you exchange

A walk on part in a war

For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here..."

-Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here

Don't listen to the ones who want you to trade your heroes for ghosts, your God for superstitions or sheer nothingness. 

Don't let them destroy the verdant forests in your soul by setting the trees ablaze with lies. 

More than anything, don't stop fighting. You have more than "a walk on part" in this war. 

Never stop fighting. 

Please don't give up your place on the front lines and end up a prisoner. 

Fight for heaven, fight for those blue skies and cool breezes, fight to keep smiling, fight to keep living. Whatever you do, keep fighting. Hold on to hope, hold on to faith, hold on to love, and don't let go. 

Remember that even when you are in pain, that pain does not define you - it is not who you are. Don't give in when it tempts you to despair. 

Stay strong, so you can be here, for all those who wish you were. 

+Peace and good.