Still Standing

I've known life, like a haven
secure and safe and warm
sheltered from grief and sorrow
a harbor safe from harm
I've known peace, without a sound
of tears of pain, of hell
and the long miles of hard times
those too I've known, and well

I've never known how to retreat
not on the saddest day
I just hang on until tomorrow
chases those clouds away
I cannot count my riches
by the gold upon my wall
but I count each step a fortune
that I climbed and didn't fall

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