In the tower, as a prisoner surrounded by walls of flesh and blood; to etch upon the walls, my innocence and guilt; how my mind was mistreated by all who had mistreated their own; what was I to expect from a life that offers nothing except pain at birth, life then death; what principles are offered except riddles by those who do not care to hear the warnings of freedoms scattered before them like the blackened eyes of serpents whose bodies continue to writhe though separated from their own minds by the sharpened axes of each generation that will see the truth only in ways that make them feel whole
The holiest time of captivity, when our old wounds gather together; when we know we are all of these, we begin to speak calmly of them, proud of what we know of our strength in the faith that the sun will shine upon us no matter the clouds that have gathered, defusing the dewy stars to make shadows warning those who laugh at the bravery of peace and the truth no matter who may speak it; for darkness is always reserved for fools who can only see today as if the sunrise is afraid to be the one who forgives first, while we, in the sight of a cross for life and a stone for death make the choice to live for the harmony of love as we were taught; to share the whole of our existence with those who once made us think of hate