Nativity

Without struggle you are nothing
without fear you are nothing
without emotion to drive you
you are NOTHING

Without pain you have no pleasure
without hope you have no courage
without life breathing inside you
there are no tears to blind you
no mistakes to forget
no wrongs to make right
Nothing, not a damn thing to hide from

No skeletons in the closet
little children to fear bedtime stories
no buggy monsters in the closet
no ideas or art; hell or heaven
because you are nothing

Only at birth do you become something
only at death discover your measure in life
until then you are nothing...