i have been humbled, by man.

To set the world to rights

And enfranchise the belief in a marked reality

I began a course of isolation,

And discipline through abuse of the senses

And the will of mine enemies

For the malefic renunciation of those desires

That began my surrender to the world.

‘I will not accept,’ was my plea

‘These deeds are not my own’

But no soul heard my guilt

None other than the gods that swore my sentence

Gave a thought to what I may learn

Though the counsel of elders knew my prize, desired

And given.

Love, I jest - should have known my ignorance

If I was young still

I may even pass the litmus

And be free from all concerns that escape my reason

But I am not

And I let what I cannot change be

With good grace

Humility is mine for keeping

I learned my lesson well

I can be nothing less