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.
