Everything Ends (a new year's resolution)

Everything ends,
But then there are beginnings.
Everything dies,
But only to step aside for new life.
We endure pain because we carry hope.
Laughter comes quick to those who grieved.
Everything ends,
But it seems we can begin again.
We must let go to start over.
Everything ends,
But we can move on.
Exhale to inhale.
Loss to gain.
How many times did I die, only to find I live again?
Down through the valley to climb the mountain.
Season upon season.
The phoenix, slain by a dagger of ice,
Rose up on high in fury,
Only to slowly die again upon the snow.
Now the flame has returned.
And the determination the fly through the storm has come.
Everything ends.
So I will take the grief, pain, and loss when they come again.
They ended before.
When they return they will end again.
So while I have my joy I will embrace it.
While I have my loved ones I will embrace them.
A time is coming when they will depart.
And I cannot hold them close.
And I will be forced to make new friends, new comrades.
To love again.
Everything ends.
But I do not know when anything will end.
So while I have, while I live, while I belong,
I will breathe.
I will take in every moment.
Before it ends.
While I await when time itself will end,
And the One who once declared that everything ends,
Decrees that nothing shall end ever again,
I will live.
No turning back.
And I will end.
And I will begin again.
Everything ends,
So I will fill every page to the end.