derek's poems

don't give up

Never give up, darling

Never ever say goodbye

Never give in, darling

I can't bear to see you cry

So stick up for yourself

And fight for what you believe

And never ever surrender 

To what the world wants you to be

You live alone

In the big bad world

And the thought of that

Makes my stomach turn

Don't push me away

Please just let me in

Though I know I do the same thing

We can't let the darkness win

We can fight the shadows

We can fight our messed up minds

Because one day I know

We can feel truly alive

So just keep going for me

Just keep running to the light

I'll be waiting for you

On the other side

Never give up and don't you worry

Things will be okay someday

Never call it quits and someday surely

The world will finally change

And we can be free to be 

Who we want us to be

Never give up, darling

Never ever say goodbye

Never give in, darling

I can't bear to see you cry

So stick up for yourself

And fight for what you believe

And never ever surrender

To what the world wants you to be