How Much, I Shall Not Ask

How much must I hurt before I can heal?
How much must I fall before I can get up?
How much must I crawl before I can walk?

 

 

Each decision made is dictated by a high power
as I am made a puppet without a choice or voice,
but this is no game as I refuse to answer to any
power other than my own. I am no puppet,
but a real person as I pray to not of the gods
you tell me so, as I follow not of the laws you
set for me.

 

How much must I hate before I can love?
How much must follow before I can lead?
How much must I work before I can play?

All the words that come from that mouth of yours
call for order in my life, but this is no order as I am
the only ruler of my life. I shall lead with my heart
though you say to lead with the brain, but without
the heart there would be no brain as my mind lies
within.

 

How much must I walk before I can fly?
How much must I hear before I can speak?
How much must I drown before I can swim?

 

 

I am no nobleman as you are not, I claim no rights
of the gods as you have none. There is no higher power
than of our own maker as you are no dictator of my
choices as you can’t even dictate your own life.
Shame comes to you as I listen to not a word you say
as shame came to me listening to all the words you said.

 

I will follow the only leader of my life which is myself.
I will fly above the clouds free as the birds above us.
I will love all I can without a hate to destroy all.