Building the Self

A self-affliction come undone A shattered canvas and setting sun Beneath the reasons I still stay Beyond the treasons I dare not name A world divided in my head A universe to comprehend A broken sword to crack my shield To my reflection I always yield The sights are endless in this place The lessons won will change its pace My heart a thousand burning earths The sun is back to ask its worth This challenge I can not betray To run away is to remain My shattered history now screams And every silence is in retreat And then my self-affliction asks “Why aren’t you burning with the past?” I take the treasures, not the flames So every loss can’t be in vain A brighter sight to carry through To what exists when there’s no truth A world where no-one looks within The only place where life begins