And he rose in the morning to start his journey far
He sold his belongings
He packed his meager food
He started off across the plain
the hills
the forest
the lakes
until he reached that desert where the holy mountain stood
He climbed that craggy peak
that unforgiving ladder
but at the top
before he spoke
he heard a voice much louder
Go home
it rang
inside that single soul
I can't
sprang the reply
unbidden to his lips
Your purpose is known
your zeal is noted
now return to your former abode
My life
My life
Yours is my life
I give it freely with love
Go home
it repeats
return to the living
reburden yourself with this world
My life
I say
Please take this life
Let this sacrifice well wished be received
Your wishes are well
but your life is found wanting
you would sully this mountain
by that deed
The silence which followed
was the loudest of all
echoing through the spheres
The numb journey down
and the living which followed
passed like a fever dream
This rejection of self
This unwanted gain
Gave truth
To his innermost fears