My Lesson

I sit and rock in the dead night

While my sleepless mind battles still,

The consequence of all the right

And rest the unpayable bill.

My eyes the heavy burden shut 5

And my mind the Spirits withdrew,

The crackling fire calmed me, But

Their voices chilled me through and through.

We flew to lands with evil might,

While voices to my right and left 10

Whispered familiar sounds of light

As they led me through a dark cleft,

One screamed, “beware the coming fall”,

But as the Caesar of this age,

I denied his threat with appall 15

And awaited my fate with rage.

My insignificance- a theory, 

A philosophy I fathom not

I found the reality dreary, 

Yet I dare not offend the thought. 20

As the other voice screamed and shouted,

I ignored his cries with coldness

And his piercing words, those I doubted 

With the reeking stench of boldness.

Foolish was I, deemed to be wise, 25

While the dark drowned me in dire truth,

My mind awoke to my demise,

But pride had stolen my bland youth.