despite

despite of everything good and everything bad
despite the loneliness, the desperation
the madness and the despair
despite the problems and the solutions
don't give up.

it's not the time yet
it was not the time yesterday
and it will not be the time tomorrow
'cause despite of all this and much more
despite of all your sorrows
and all your willing
and all your sobbing
something still matters.

stay close to your books
your records and your paintings.
stay close to public libraries,
museums, record shops and pubs.

stay close to your beloved ones
if you still have any.
if you don't, that's ok too
despite of everything
you have yourself
and you will not give up.

despite of all this and much more
you still have poems
love letters never sent and never answered
and exciting dreams about any and everything.

so, despite of all that
and despite of all this
it still not the time to go.

so don't give up.
and things will settle down.
don't give up
and the rain will stop
soon enough for you to see the rainbows
or wathever is hidden beyond there.

and I know
and you know
that for sure there's something
for us.

it could be something not that great
but still
there's something for all of us.

so despite of everything, I remind you once again
to don't give up.