My Old Friend
...
HEED THE SIGNS AND WARNINGS.
There is a danger that lurks ahead
Things not yet processed
Understanding not yet granted
pain not yet had
We go anyways...
Fearlessly into the unknown we go.
The dream is good and just
the process that’s required is anything but
there’s pain and sacrifices... more than any man can bear.
It’s taking and costing twice as much
this can’t be fair
Everything in me begs to quit and forget
So I peel myself out of bed again
The sun still not up and my pride still beat down
Can I really achieve it? and if so... when?
My mind seeks for ease and comfort
Give me a screen, a nightcap, one more reason to stay down
the soul begs and pleads
something deeper within me... something that cannot be ignored
Guiding me back on track... but I’d rather ignore it
there’s something else in me that has become addicted to suffering
something else in me that prefers the pain of weakness more than the pain that comes with greatness
My feet hit the floor
I open the ancient book written long before
The Word of life speaks to the soul deep within me as if he was a father speaking to his son
The ground in which ease and comfort stand on begins to shake
The idols of my very own mind begin to break
I have a history with you... My old friend
There you are with me, again