Growing Younger

To dream the impossible dream. . .
To fight the unbeatable foe. . .
To bear with unbearable sorrow. . .
To run where the brave dare not go. . .
To right the unrightable wrong. . .
To love pure and chaste from afar. . .
To try when your arms are too weary. . .
To reach the unreachable star. . .

This is my quest, to follow that star. . .
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far. . .
To fight for the right, without question or pause. . .
To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause. . .

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,
That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,
when I'm laid to my rest. . .

And the world will be better for this:
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach the unreachable star ...