Violent Empire

You expose my violent empire
and release your truth upon the vulnerable substrate of my desire
You reach inside me to unveil
my secret garden of lies
No longer can I hide
My greatest enemy is me,
my worst enemy is me
How I desperately wish to be free
anything less than doing that which I am created to do
becomes a debt I cannot pay
Forgetting the light inside
your double edged sword drives me closer to the end of the plank
A foolish leap of faith into the "great white blank"
a better life or another mistake?
trial and error until I catch my "lucky break"
You ask nothing of me, except to be all that I am.
My greatest Enemy is me
Dying to be free
Down and out, yet far from giving up!

Written Spring 2004