Escape from This!

In a more turbulent time I came up with this poem. I had turned it into a song at one point (bit of a reggae tune), but I forgot how it went. The meaning is pretty straightforward. I faced many trails at the time, and my expectations led me to believe I had made it through them all. O how wrong I realized I was. However despairing it may seem like these verses are, they represent a turning point, or leveling up of sorts, in my personal struggles, through which  I gained new insight in how to overcome myself and the problems that I faced or created. I hope you enjoy this one; perhaps one day I'll figure out how that song went and post it up on here.

I stand on top of this mountain

So many behind me I have climbed

Expecting to see a clear view 

of beauty in unending time

All that lies ahead now

are steeper taller peaks so high

a warrior i must be

to find my salvation

The path I'm on is wrought with 

deception and so deceit 

Behind me lies the familiar

feelings of fear and terror

Before i now the mystery 

of courage to face my story

While I rest I let my 

anger turn to ire

To be prepared on the road I travel

for what end I still don't know

courage is easier wearing armor

on unsteady ground it weighs me down

wrapping myself in it sounds so nice

cuz the world round me seems cold as ice

 if i perceive with my ego

then I must to let them all go

on this path I cannot stray

no matter what it is reality

my intent shapes the world

my eyes see through my lies