born to exile
risen in solitude
they leave me alone
I give them my gratitude
It's not lonely
or dark
or solemn
It's lovely
and stark
and quiet

I sit, uninhibited, uninterrupted
and watch
as the world wraps and folds and turns into itself
crumpling as the sheet of paper in the notebook or the universe
the one to be thrown away for mistakes made upon it
I understand all
but partake in little
I am not alone
I have my self

The broken
and the scared
and the token
They come to me for guidance
I do my part, give them satisfaction
and they return to their lives of alliance
while procrustean bigots sheperd them to war
but they are content, content with compliance


I don't loathe them
I don't love them
I respect them
as they do me

In this world of herds and sheperds
of predators and prey
of war
a world where good is named evil and evil is exalted
I do not lead
I do not follow
I watch
alone

My brothers and I once set sail
Into the open sea
My brothers said “we must go east!”
But to the west went me

My brothers begged me “the wind is strong!”
I did not heed their plea
I sailed against the furious current
Into the western sea

I fought and fought, of treasure I thought
And toil was the key
On and on for days I went
Yet I saw no prize for me

The only thing the west brought me
Was right back to the east
In the east the treasure would lie
Surely it must be

For days and days I sailed away
Yet the journey was not free
My health declined, my body whined
But of no concern to the sea

When I reached the land I had sought
the treasure for that I had fought
were my brothers three.