My heart is bound to beat right out...

He wants to be happy - to let himself break the chains which bind him to solitude and desperation. He wants it to be different, for him to transcend even his greatest fears and accept that while life is unlike anything he wanted, it has moments that take his breath away and make him gasp for air. They are few and far in-between, yet when they arrive he cannot deny that they envelop him, make him see the objective truth, and above all else, shine a glimmer of hope for the road ahead. As every year before, a tiny piece of him broke away, but this time it was so silent, he could barely hear it himself. He is someone new, and it took him by surprise, when suddenly a unrecognisable reflection gazed back as his reflection. And it was in that very moment that he came to realise the ultimate truth: destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.