beginning

 today, in the morning of my life, i am leaving,
i am leaving the darkness, the emptiness and the waste,
the bitter taste of regret, the games we play,
the lies we tell, the personal hell we create,
the senseless violence, the tears and the rage,
the dark vanities of the mega cities,
i am leaving home, the security of the known and the inured,
the lord knows where i am going,
i know not the road, i know not the destination,
but go i will, burdened by anxiety but strengthened by hope,
beset by temptations but guarded by spiritual powers,
pursuing the path of life, seeking the far country,
beyond the waters, beyond the mountains, beyond the stars,
beyond the boundaries of the mind.