This is why

I was forged by fire
A slave to desire
Mindfire burned me
Yearning to be free

And this is why

I did not know who I was
I pretended I did
And believed the mask
The striver
The one for whom it is never enough
Admire me, admire me!

What a laugh

Only the lake is worthy
Only the mountain is worthy
Only the tree is worthy
Of admiration

Only what can just be
Is truly free

I turn my back on who I was
I live the joy of good enough
I revel in the silent moments
Where it is me, just me and words

Hell, where is your triumph now?
Restless pursuit, where are your voices?
Gone
Erased
By my choices

The darkness will rush in again
The tide is never ending
But I am done pretending
This is what I want, that it is right
I live, not for the noise-filled shadow

But for the quiet light

And this is why

Because I know myself
I know my love
Of true quiet is so deep
Like a lone watcher in the night who never wants to sleep

And yet I wake to noise again
To darkness and to pain
But when I seek the silence
When it can be done
In this race we run
Then I am whole

And this is why

Cause this is who I am