Arena

Before me plays the endless film Relentless splinters I recall Each living thing breathes life Only sentiment remains To liquid born, from patterns formed The sand descends with blind intent Where the river takes me will in time be revealed I cannot turn my feelings down Beyond my means to turn my thoughts around Expressed in every word I will ever speak Brighter than all the stars combined More than the waters, Earth, and sky All that I wish and all that I dream No creed on Earth can replace or provide In my darkest hour, the comfort I'd feel Leading me to see I can be more than I expect of me My beginning and my end The first and last air that I breathe More than the sum of everything that I will ever be Above the waves with my hands raised Dare the wind, lay claim to me Knowing somehow none could take me Watching the sun come up in vain The only reason I can find why I remained The need to leave the point I came to again and again It didn't matter how hard I tried It took so long to claim that I knew how Or what it meant to let go of this To ever say goodbye Call it destiny, call it fate Chose my direction: Running forward Each life to learn anew, whatever may come