the paths that I once tread have all but gone. only embers now

smoulder where bridges once burned. I feel alive and yet fear what may

happen now. I know I can't return. and I hear me say again oh let me

not return. damn the illusion of redemption and the hopes that held me

here. I will oppose all that would befall me. with all the rage inside of me I

will defy what I would become. the solitude and anger that do battle

within me will always guide me to the answers that I know I may not see. they

are the bonds that hold me tighter. they are the chains that weigh on me.

one day I know they will be gone. can I start again and erase this pain

by casting doubts into the waters. asking judgement of the sea. though

fortune may guide to the fools I have no wish to be free until I am gone