JKP
16th December 2005, 04:15
(Free of Spirit)
I've travelled the world from sea to sea and seen remarkable things,
The falls of empires, the rise of mountains, the legacies of kings,
But never again in all my life have I been able to find,
A character so free that he was shunned by his own kind.
He questioned his beliefs, examined their validity,
The reasons that things happen in this world of mystery,
But skepticism was never a virtue among his kin,
And he found he must assimilate or be accused of sin.
I met him on my travels once, a creature full of thought,
Who ran critical analysis over all that he was taught,
But this was known as heresy and he was cast aside,
Doomed to walk the earth alone, and punished for his pride.
I asked him, "Free of Spirit, why cannot you just accept,
That without your faith, among your kind you garner no respect?"
He replied, "I fear that these are simply not beliefs that I can hold,
When everything I see does contradict what I am told."
I said, "But will you sacrifice your kin for such a stand?"
He replied, "I simply want to be allowed to understand,
I lack the ability to put my conviction on a shelf,
This world is so complex I need to seek the answers for myself."
I've travelled this globe all over, oh the lessons I have learned,
The cultures I have visited, great empires overturned,
But what a lesson I have learned from one who complemented faith,
And who sought belief in something whole but with a solid base.
- Sp Davis
I've travelled the world from sea to sea and seen remarkable things,
The falls of empires, the rise of mountains, the legacies of kings,
But never again in all my life have I been able to find,
A character so free that he was shunned by his own kind.
He questioned his beliefs, examined their validity,
The reasons that things happen in this world of mystery,
But skepticism was never a virtue among his kin,
And he found he must assimilate or be accused of sin.
I met him on my travels once, a creature full of thought,
Who ran critical analysis over all that he was taught,
But this was known as heresy and he was cast aside,
Doomed to walk the earth alone, and punished for his pride.
I asked him, "Free of Spirit, why cannot you just accept,
That without your faith, among your kind you garner no respect?"
He replied, "I fear that these are simply not beliefs that I can hold,
When everything I see does contradict what I am told."
I said, "But will you sacrifice your kin for such a stand?"
He replied, "I simply want to be allowed to understand,
I lack the ability to put my conviction on a shelf,
This world is so complex I need to seek the answers for myself."
I've travelled this globe all over, oh the lessons I have learned,
The cultures I have visited, great empires overturned,
But what a lesson I have learned from one who complemented faith,
And who sought belief in something whole but with a solid base.
- Sp Davis