I have lived a hundred different lives -

I have lived a hundred different lives -

Each as different as water is to stone.

I have dreamed a few far-away dreams

To discover that they were mine alone.

I have felt at times a trace of love

But was shown again that theirs was untrue.

I have often tried to bury the past

To find that it rarely stays inhumed.

I gave life to undeserving powers

But I was too late in retaking it.

I have seen the glory of success

But it was not my own to celebrate.

I have thrown my rage at the hailstorm

Then retreated quickly to a burrow.

I have been both with means and in lack

But always grateful for a swift breakthrough.

I have considered the centuries

And found an abode within the present.

I have counted my former hours

And scry the future for what might be left.