Perseverance

'My heart's ablaze', the kid he says,
and he begins the race, in the horizon, the Impossible,
His muscles tighten, his spirits brighten,
but inside still broken, he affirms it's plausible.

Subdued by pain, he tries in vain,
but until he's slain, he'll flap hard his wings,
He may die tryin', but he ain't cryin',
he still keeps flyin', and see what his fortune brings!

It was his fate, that all his hate,
became his own bait, and into the dark sea, he went,
No doubt he was brave, he took it to his grave,
And my heart does crave, jus' wish he wasn't that bent......

Alternative to the last stanza:

Ah! Look what his fate, did to all the hate,
he stood at heaven's gate, up above the clouds he went,
He was so brave, a thousand lives he did save,
A million hearts they crave, they swear he was God-sent!