11-22-2014, 11:58 PM
"Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision." ~Hsi-Tang
Blind Desire
The strength of a man is found in his heart,
and not in his arms or legs,
to that which his will clings he'll never depart
no matter how much reason begs!
He'll live for a belief, he'll die for a cause,
this iron will's his greatest virtue,
he'll wrestle with demons vile without pause
for that which his heart holds as true
And sacrifice all that he has on a whim
in fiery feats of integrity;
but truth is a phantom, ghastly and grim,
when his reasons are insanity;
See brothers fight brothers for forests and fields,
treasuring but greed and pride,
And women are raped "for the pleasures it yields",
for shame my soul flees to hide.
Yea the faults of all men are to be found in their hearts
alongside their greatest virtue,
for when passion is roused, reason departs
and men heed not what they do...
and not in his arms or legs,
to that which his will clings he'll never depart
no matter how much reason begs!
He'll live for a belief, he'll die for a cause,
this iron will's his greatest virtue,
he'll wrestle with demons vile without pause
for that which his heart holds as true
And sacrifice all that he has on a whim
in fiery feats of integrity;
but truth is a phantom, ghastly and grim,
when his reasons are insanity;
See brothers fight brothers for forests and fields,
treasuring but greed and pride,
And women are raped "for the pleasures it yields",
for shame my soul flees to hide.
Yea the faults of all men are to be found in their hearts
alongside their greatest virtue,
for when passion is roused, reason departs
and men heed not what they do...