Maybe I'll be the one to save me...

When I reach the unreachable, when I can finally say that I've won, I don't want it to be because of a lucky break, or because I was at the right place at the right time - I want to win, because I've earned it. I want to be acknowledged for who I am, for the struggle I've endured, and the sacrifices I've made. I want to be known as someone who has experienced life, its warmest colours and its coldest depths. I want to be validated, and I want my choices to echo into a future of success, of earnest living and one without regrets. I want to be the man she promised I'd be, the man who can sing even though he shouldn't, the man who can listen without hearing a sound. I want to win because I was right, because I was strong enough to accept defeat, and stubborn enough to keep going anyway. I want to prove you wrong, each and every one of you. I want to be able to look into your eyes and scream at the top of my lungs, that at long last, I've made it.