Sadness Can Wait

I can't carry guilt any longer, yet I
can still measure life in black thoughts,
to wake with words that taste of poison—
I want to find joy in them!

I want to wake with a smile
and let happiness live inside me…
With groundless doubts,
I won't scrape my salt-worn lips raw anymore.

I don't want to turn back,
and I won't dig through old mistakes.
From this day on, I will look with love,
I will wear only hope.

Dreams will be my mirror,
my path laid with faith beneath my feet,
I will be myself, I will be light,
and I will forget how deeply I have bled.

And I will never return,
to the abyss, to the abyss, to the dark,
I will hold all things with love…
Sorrow can wait a little while!