Lesson From a Nomad

I am icon

I am that pictured in those tales to song

I am that witch from the brink respawns

I bring unrest when the seas have calmed

I am legend I am fool

I am one of many I am under no rule

I am peasant I am loom

I'm disparaged I'm consumed and most certainly confused

Am I seeing something real or is it smoke?

Am I on the ground or am I hung without a rope?

And this is fantasy or from the dream have I awoke

Am I steady on the path or am I clinging onto hope?

If you gather all the teachings that the wise have told

Compile every structure from the books of old

And muse upon the meaning of the truth's you you’ve sewn

You will germinate the mind but the fields won't grow

This is the high of low

This is the friend turned foe

This is what the light can't show

If you stand still don't expect the Earth will slow

See that every wind up plateaus

If you wanna see the rise up let go

The greatest tragedy is every breath takes toll

Is to live a life and never witness depth of soul

Snake inside the rocks until you were consumed

Liberate the mind like a body in a groove

Know that sedentary can be tantamount to tomb

This is why a coma patient must be regularly moved

In the quest for plenty

Know the paths of many

The few will lead you past the regions where the past is buried

Given is the levee that will bound a mans greed

Prison is to dwell in when you take no leave

Faster than a sparrow flies traffic flies, trap the cupid by surprise

Grab his bow and arrow and shoot straight into the empty sky

You can spend eternity immersed in what's inside

But if you searching for a purpose than what purpose will you find?

I am icon

I am that vision

I am faith transformed

I am that allegiance to the sword you've sworn

I am false idle I am fraud

Ratchet down disaster like a phoenix in decline

Imagine double rapture with no miracle in mind

If you sing inside a cavern like canaries in a mine

Know indulgence is a hazard so be wary with your time

To mean something we live and we strive for it

To feel something we fight and survive for it

To love something we scream out and cry for it

But tell me now, are you willing to die for it?

Take of what may come as you lay on the line for it

Armoured at the call ready and primed for it

Breach the battleground with the courage to drive forward and to know the fundamentals of being alive am I?

Am I?