Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes

Shane Koyczan, Olympic Slam Poet

Once upon a time,

We as the world figure skated on thin ice,
believed that each slice of life was served with something sweet on the side,
And failure was never nearly as important as the fact that we tried.

That in the war against frailty and limitation
we supplied the determination it takes to make ideas and goals
the parents of possibility

Every nation is a member of this family

Not just one branch on one tree,
but a forest whose roots make up a dynasty

So when I call you "Sis" or "Bro"

It's not lightly

and when I ask you to remember
it's because the future isn't what it use to be

So remember now
How once upon a time

We went the distance once more...


Let us remember all the moments that were and were not
Let them point to something we can get
and what we can get is what we got

Because all we have are the times between the moments we can connect to each dot

So live and remember

Let no one says we will be undone by times passing
the memories we are massing will stand as testiment
that somehow we bend minds around the concept
that it is the others within ourselves,
that self knowledge can't be found on bookshelves,
so who we are has no baring on how we appear

Look directly into every mirror
realize our reflection
is the first sentence to a story

And our story starts...

We were here.

HM: gapingvoid

Gather Together in My Name

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

Maya Angelou

gaping void wisdom

Jane Campion

It's about heightening your enthusiasm
so that it is stronger than your fear.