Breaking Away
It’s not too late for me to turn back
And run the other direction
Like hell on wheels
I’ll still be swerving from side to side
A great fire that has been burning within me
I cannot resist the urge to spread my ways
I am almost like a disease
Laying waste to those who deny what they cannot see
I, like a phantom, am
Weaving in and out of the darkness
Only to find still
I am alone
The shadow lands have been my home
For so long I cannot bear to remember the start
The darkness has been consuming me
For so long it has taken all but my heart
Within that fire where that is burning
I dare anyone to extinguish the blaze
You will fall, trance, in a haze
And fail like all those before you
It’s not that I cannot be beaten
I just cannot be broken
I cannot be disemboweled
By the hands of ignorance and the breed of hate
I won’t call myself a survivor
Because I have died many before
I won’t call myself a martyr
Because…I have died for nothing
…but isn’t that a calling in itself?
I know I have been placed on this rock for a reason
Whether it be called revolution or treason
I will do what I must
And use the fire from within to fuel the passions in my heart and soul
My mission is unknown to me
But I know it is important
My knowledge isn’t in vein
But why do I know what I do
And not know what to do with it
…that is a curse all in its own
So should I be the one to stray from the beaten path
Tha thas consumed so so many before me
And create, break through the norm?
Because so many would fight to keep the same, than to evolve…
So here I stand at my crossroads
Standing in the unknown
Facing the unknown
To venture into the unknown
But I know in the depths of my soul,
That fire, burning passion will unlock the locked doors
Bring light to the utter absence of light in the void of the unknown
Because deep inside…we are all a little unknown to your own self
Use it
And break away
Copyright © Chris Lucansky | Year Posted 2011
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