I was a long time coming but I came As close as I ever wanted to fame To know and be known and to not be alone And it feels good now to be understood To realize how I am not to blame Between the desert sun and the final flame In order to find myself I had to Lose it all after all to be and do Existentially as the essence of me And so I am by reduction to this Myself instilled distilled into this kiss Of me just what you see as who I must be This kiss of me that lives on flame and air No longer to blame transcending the shame Of the past at last to become everywhere As in a way I am everyone Turning but learning between moon and sun +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMXIII