Nominated to overcome the trials
of an exiled educator,
baned from ever returning from
whence was born;
excommunicated from the temple,
and banished to a desolate land
where for miles and miles I'm
the only person cultivating the pasture;
in the beginning the feeling of defeat
was unbearable;
just when I thought I would not survive
another day...
an epiphany ignited inside of me,
fail on bent knees,
bowed,
and prayed Lord please forgive me
for my numerous sins and please
accept the spirit residing inside my flesh;
when my sight was returned,
the magnificence of the Lamb engulfed
my essence;
I embraced the earth,
reversed my flesh back to dust
and that was when
my spirit opened up