Part I · The High School Era (1992–1996)
I stand in the darkness,
Lost for words.
Understand my weakness.
My eyes are like swords
Of steel, cold and keen.
I am so lost for words
To tell what I’ve seen.
Deep within metallic walls,
A cold fire is ablaze.
I wander lost through the maze,
Amazed.
My wanderlust led by wonder,
I discover the heart of this place.
White fire,
No longer cold steel.
I do not tire,
It seems I’ve grown stronger.
I’m surprised at how bold I feel.
Eyes wide open,
I see the light.
So close to the heart;
It all seems so right.
Love, life, liberty.
I lose touch with reality.
My desires so dire
Have been relieved by the fire.
My questions are gone,
The answers are won.
My despair is forgotten,
For I have been begotten.
I am released,
Remade,
Reborn.
Given new life for the life I gave.
I am master of myself,
No longer the slave.
He stood alone atop that great stone,
His broken body sunburnt and windblown.
Until at last from those seeds he had sown,
Life sprung from his body fully grown.
Composed 1992–1996 · part of the Poems collection · authorship documented on the Provenance page.