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Emptiness was my curse,

I yearned for an unknown relief,

An unquenchable thirst

Each day was tinted with thin haze

Apathy and qualms

Constantly trapped in a vile maze

Sealed in time

Fossils of truth,

Lost in years of grime

Answers that soothe

Uncovered evidence

A new stance

Gone on a journey across the unknown

With the ocean I roared, with the wind I have flown

I felt the earth bloom the cold melt away

A new Spring chasing the void, lighting the way

When the world closed on me

A prison that dwelled in my flesh

On my lips rose a silent plea

Where was the garden of the first men

Quest to test my will

Will we find unity, be whole again?

Illness took hold,

My eyes then closed

My thoughts were wild

Through my lips flowed the words resigned

The morn came to be

Its blessing on me

My spirits now clear

Destination near

My feet guided me

To what used to be

A simple abode

A stop on the winding road

Amidst the old trees

Grass to my knees

The garden I found

In my soul unbound