No matter what, no matter whom, I say
I am, I have, myself in my own power.
I am content, whatever comes my way.
Never surrender whatever the sway:
What dark star, what dark fate, what dark tower,
No matter what, no matter whom, I say.
Should sunbeams enfold me, should skies turn to gray,
Should gods smile, should gods sneer, should gods glower,
I am content, whatever comes my way.
Should tyrants entice me, tempt my pain away,
I will not bow, and I will not cower,
No matter what, no matter whom, I say.
Whatever comes crouching at each break of day -
what rough beast, what dread hand, what fatal hour -
I am content, whatever comes my way.
Rise as I go, though I grow weed or flower,
Dance though I, dirge-like, in that shadowed bower,
No matter what, no matter whom, I say
I am content, whatever comes my way.
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I like the imagery and it has a nice meter to it when I read it aloud in my head.