Essence of Reality
I had forgotten that I was a man
At least for awhile as any man can
Shadowed by shadows of mortality
I saw my shadow as it shadowed me
And like a groundhog returned to my hole
But as I got back less than I gave up
I came to reevaluate my role
I felt used up as if what was left was
Like tea leaves at the bottom of the cup
Merely offering rhyme without reason
When shadows obscure the riddle within
But reason enough for me then because
Leaves expect little in burning season
Resigned to the stake as the flames begin
I fell and fallen stayed as I lay where
I fell there till I was lifted as though
Remembered in a half-forgotten prayer
To do the best I know yet do not know
How nor why but to not know might... be... best...
From the fence dividing my here from there
Brought up by fate for the ultimate test
Raised on hard lessons and not spared the rod
Learning the hard way to care and not care
To take my licks from life however odd
I can see clearer from here how my dreams
Become how it is before how it seems
Ideas are made of sterner stuff than stone
Though I once forgot since I was a man
At least for awhile as any man can
Shadowed by shadows of mortality
I want to outshine these shadows and feel
What is or could be in search of the real
I seek the essence of reality
And on this journey I am not alone
+Steven Curtis Lance
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journey you are not alone. -gene.