The Color of Lifeblood

I was but gray and listless when my conscience said to me, "Pray, follow your own compass and all into your life bleed. "Do not shun your great victory to grasp vitality! But bleed for you, and bleed for friends, and bleed for family. "Do not go locking life away to live so lifelessly- But color with your heartbeat the vast hue of everything. For each of us, our memories must fit on just one string So make of each new day the most, and stride forth to be free."