golden chains bind we the people
ancestrally smelted and forged
lashing us to imagined steeples
that we think were built by our lord
a deep seated need to be bound
like craving for love and security
in all can always be found
although veiled with obscurity
like the mountains that rise so high
as if reaching for distant crown
when piercing the cold blue sky
form the storms that then tear them down
that which was started will always end
birth leads to life and then leads to death
and while life itself will fight to defend
its path always leads to the final breath
so we clamor and fight to feel peace
while facing omnipotent demons
and for a moment their whispers cease
as we look to our ignorant beacons
are we rising or falling
sinking or sailing
only time will tell