As shades of ignorance
once cast in darkness
now stands shinning
before the dawning light
...
I lit a little candle
oh so long ago
just a little flicker
that within my heart did glow
...
I have chosen to follow blindly
the avenues of thought
that find me wandering aimlessly
among the dearms of yesterday.
...
Drawn to the quest for enlightenment
I have been found lost and wandering
Along the path of truth
...
I have sat at the table of sorrow
and tasted the woe of sadness
that has filled my cup
I have tossed in slumber
...
In a world that's not so giving
there is no forgiving
all the things that we have done
...
And I,
I was a king in the eyes of the man
that looked back from my mirror.
Tall and proud
...
And tis here I seek comfort.
Immersed in the words
placed upon page so pleasingly
pleasant to mine eyes.
...
Now in gentle silence
I pause and I reflect
Upon the thoughts of yesterday
So often I detect
...