Beyond

Pushing our limits
knocking through the boundaries,
pain is nothing
effort everything

We pull ourselves apart
in pursuit of meaning
giving more than we have
viewing the possible as a guideline,
a line to be crossed

We keep on giving
ripping into all that is ours,
tearing tendons,
breaking bones
and slicing into our soul
because...
what else is there?

We're not masochists
drawing pleasure from our pain,
we're plain people
with the belief
that there's is always more to gain

Where others touch insanity
we find insight,
where others withdraw in fear
of the dark
we break through into the light

We give everything we've got
in a gamble,
a gamble for answers,
a gamble for questions,
a gamble for it's own sake

We search not for serenity
rather facing the ache,
looking to see what we can find
not for any discernible reason
but rather for it's own sake.