Ashes Of Yesteryear

After three decades of calm seas

I have come across a turning point

All my energy’s been drained out

A dying man for someone to anoint

Now I know what stands before me

Have to burn the bridges all at once

It’s the only chance to surface

And regain control over my course

I must come through tornado’s eye

Abandon all days of yore

I must swim with the shifting tide

Arrive in an alien shore

I must be ready to leave behind

The canons I held to before

I must awaken the beast inside

That knows how to fear ignore

As I wander the halls

Of a mind so deranged

I heed to life’s call

“Take hold of the inescapable change“

Though painful and stern

This passage might be

I’m willing to burn

And wipe off the ashes of yesteryear

I hope that all the angels and spirits will stay by my side

I hope that all my dreams will come true

When the turn of the year is due

Here is where I draw the line

Start off my journey anew

To reach for the real me

And find the cardinal truth

I hope I won’t subdue to the old standards I used to know

I hope this irreligious devotion

Will drive my perennial motion

Here I forge the great divide

Give birth to somebody new

To reach for the love supreme

And find salvation with you