• This opal have gone dull;
    and the dreary skies remain distasteful.
    So have an adventure.
    Stride past through those jungles
    teeming with bold and intimidating tigers.
    ...Brave them with claw, tooth and nail.
    Tame those stripes;
    and heed them graciously.
    Step out of the wild as a lioness.
    For these scars are the reminders
    of the battles you have fought,
    children you have dared to care for,
    and retired love that you had staked your life upon.
    Receive these tears as a maiden
    But a warrior at heart.
    Do not sully your soul.
    You are the humanity that never dies.