As any journey
It is full of dangers
Full of trials
The hills and plains
Travelled by so many
Lead to a place unknown
Many stories of the destination
But none know it’s true beauty
Beyond the words of man
Unfathomable by man’s wisdom

The unknown place
Said to be beautiful
Roads made from pure gold
A crystal clear stream
Right down the middle
Buildings made from gems
Jasper, Sapphire, Chalcedony,
Emerald, Sardonyx, Carnelian,
Chrysolite, Beryl, Topaz,
Chrysoprase, Jascinth, Amethyst

The journey has come to an end
I look up at the great city
The walls of the city
Made from the gem, Jasper
Each gate one huge pearl
I stand in awe
Taking in it’s great beauty
Then I see the gates open
Everything I have heard is there
I walk in to my journey end

But what it offers is simple
Life to the fullest
Was this life of ours meant to be complex
If it were, would it not have been from the start

How can we fathom the great mysteries of life
Everyday, we think is the same
Yet it holds new adventures
Only, if we reach out and seek it

We are too constrained in this dark world
The industrial and commercial businesses run the world
It blinds us from the simplest joys of life
To know these things is pure bliss

How do we find these simple joys
No one knows, for all have forgotten
The ways of the beginning
Living on what nature had to give

The sport of survival were so simple
But we have made it so complex
Building shelters that were unnecessary
Replacing things that nature had provided

The simple life of man has become so complex
Living everyday the same
Same needs, same wants everyday
Seek simplicity and you will find joy

I know of no greater pain
Than that of my heart breaking
No hardship is harder
No drug more harmful

Such pain do I feel
No cure to be seen
But that of my Lord God
Who suffered all I did

He sent His own Son
To suffer what we do
To endure everything
That life has to throw

As a young boy
He grew like us
Being hurt by friends and all
As he was human like us

But then that boy
Grew to suffer the greatest pain
A curse from God
To die ON A TREE!

So what is pain?
To endure a curse from God
Is what I would consider pain
This world is nothing

In the end we will be free
Free from pains and suffering
But those who reject God
Will suffer and endure
Under God’s curse

Each day different from the other
I don’t want order
I want to be radical
And do things without thought

No simpler life do I long for
Nothing to bind me
Nothing to stop me
But that day will when something does

Walking down the streets of old
I see a girl that I once knew
We greet and remind ourselves of our youths
That night, it seems I’m going out for dinner

A few years later
Little brats run around my house
And order rules my life again
The little brats I love so much
The freedom I once had, they now have

As the years go by
What I have I can no longer see
Guided by a stranger
Through to the world I knew so well
Then the day came
When my eyes were never to be opened again

Darkness, my worst fear
No friend can I see
Darkness hides all I love and treasure
But the most hated things come alive
Darkness, stay away I plead

I look at the moon, far, far away
Shining little light on the streets
Insecurity fills my frightened soul
At the slightest noise I jump
Only to find out, it’s only a cat

The streets I know so well
Filled with creatures of the night
Prowling the streets
In search of their prey

I turn and run
Towards the shelter of my home
To find that the Sun has begun to rise
I stare at the awesome light
That gives me security everyday
Be my friend I pray and stay forever more

I go to my room
Only to be reminded
Darkness will come again
I lay in bed silent
Enjoying the great things that life has to offer