FOR YOONGI

INTRO: NEVERMIND

"I carved you even as you made me;

I could not discern your vector

nor myself on your reaches, merely

the goals of steps and end;

I faded into your thorns and roses,

your marks and milestones -

I would not rob my purpose

of breath or vision."

"Your absence tinges my memories,

as I reminisce, crown in hand,

on tender years that carried me

through reproof and scorn.

Misfortune bent me to its will,

yet resolve lent my spirit

spine and vigour."

Yes, I took that leap of faith into

a new unknown, safe in the

knowledge that I would harness

the currents and touch the skies

or plummet to my fate

in equal glory. Yes, I rose and fell,

seizing tears and smiles alike.

You, of a world that nurses its ire and

dread, painting me small, broken

and blighted, could your words

curb my heart? Could they wing

the angels of my conviction?

I stand before you, inspired, whole,

as your Book lies unopened and

your dreams gather dust.

You, whose future mourns the decay

of your past, I look now upon

your derision with eyes set higher,

that have seen farther

and more profoundly than my days,

even through your blind

changelessness to your abiding

sense of futility.

And I hurtle still toward my destiny,

toward struggles and endeavours,

questing after light and darkness.

What is defeat to youth

but a passing sky?

#SonOfMyHeart

© 2020 Lilium Candidum

Lily’s Verse

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