Sojourn

Sojourn

by Joshua Silva

I will not be bound by civil restraints

Nor kept complacent by patriotic ideology

I will not sacrifice dreams nor freedoms

For the luxuries of wealth

Or the comforts of security

I will not believe in impossibility

Nor be lead to hopeless abandon

Simply because other men are afraid

Of touching the stars

I will reach for the Sun itself

I will not let the signs of Fate

Become as passing road signs

Observed from rear view mirrors

Rather I will softly kiss her lips

And become the dream of her lover

Destiny shall be the compass

By which I am lead to her poles

And love shall be the map

By which I plot my course

And beauty the final destination

Fear will not deter me

From absolute freedom

From absolute fulfillment

Of Desire

And of Will

In Agape, abundance

In Thelema, truth

I now go to the End of the World