Ambition of Man

Contemplate with me

This precipice on which we sit

As the sands of time swirl

And beneath our feet shift

The fire burns within our hearts

While our backs break beneath the strain

Our passions cannot be extinguished

Even by heaviest of rains

Waves pounding on the support

To the towers we construct

Some will stand and some will fall

While heroes battle the corrupt

We're contained by mortal bounds

Yet we seek to break the wall

Remember the nectar of our sin

Was sweetest before the fall

Yet our species does survive

By the Creator's will

If we break the wall down

Then time will stand still

For man's ambition clashes

Against what has been planned

While heroes fly with angels

Villains swim among the damned

A man must be championed

Anointed by the divine

Lest his efforts bear no fruit

And left to rot upon the vine

So jump with me now

Venture in to the unknown

To test our faith and courage

And reap that which we sew

The Warden and the Prisoner

My soul is shedding from the flaying it endured

I've finally found peace at the bottom of this tomb

Like a well: damp, dark, confused

Water rushes over me to cleanse the wounds

I beg myself to move

Paralyzing despair prevents it

I lay in wait, for someone to save me

Before I decay and wash out to shore

The bitterness in my heart weighs on me

Acting as anchor, chains, and noose

Seeking to drown me in my own self created prison

Why can't I forgive them?

Why can't I forget them?

Why can't I forgive myself?

Why can't I get over myself?

God break these chains and unbind my spirit

Restore the passion that has left my soul

And remind me to love as a child loves

Before this life erodes my being

And washes me out to shore

But I'm more than just a little curious

To know if this is it for me

Am I doomed to spend the rest of my life

As a slave in a prison I created?

Maybe that's the grand secret

We all are prisoners abiding within our own constructs

Heed my warning child and take to heart

How you build your life will become your prison

I suggest you put some thought into its construction

Before you are both Warden and Prisoner in your own soul

Howling Through the Skys

Howling through the skys
Whispering through the trees
The darkness in men's souls
Is feasting upon me

Like a beast come to slay
It wrenches me to cry
My soul flayed to the core
By the howling through the sky's

An icy grip takes hold
My heart it tries to squeeze
But all my blood's been lost
To the whispering in the trees

I cannot hide my pain
Laid tattered on the shoals
Raped of innocence and mirth
By the darkness in men's souls

Flesh ripped from my being
Why can no one see
The hatred of this world
Is feasting upon me

The shadow proves the light

For without light there is no dark

Plumbing the depths of my soul
I have found there is but one

A great truth long laying dormant
That the ancients whisper to us

Every fabric of my conscious
Grasps at smoke in shadow

Double Edged Man

When young I was taught

What I need to be a man

About being tough

About being a leader

About being confident

About being a provider

A double edge with each lesson

Hidden in the shadows

Scars my soul to this day

When I was taught toughness

I also learned hard heartedness

When I was taught to lead

I also learned to ignore the pleas of the weak

When I was taught to be confident

I also learned to be arrogant

When I was taught to provide

I also learned the ends justify the means

What was a young child

Tender and innocent

Has become an adult

Double edged and dangerous