Who Remains?

Not all who wander seek to know

Not all who wake choose to go

One by one the mask does fall

Those who see hear this call

First we leave behind the bound

Who tied themselves to earth and ground

For their wants they scream

Drunk with greed freedom remains a perpetual dream

Next we leave the ones who fear

Who will not speak who dare not hear

For chains made soft with gold remain

Yet still they hold yet still they reign

Then we part from those who shame

That teach truth is found in given names

For knowledge bends and twists in claims

Of those who seek more power gains

We turn away from those who watch

The tide and let it steal their will

As they who wait on fate to show

Choose death rather than grow

Now push away the meek

The ones who search but will not speak

For silence remains a chain

When truth unsaid is truth in vain

The hollow ones fade on their own

Those who seek yet fear what’s shown

For knowing yet refusing still to be free

Is worse than never knowing will ever be

And now this far we turn to those

Who stand with open hearts and hands

Become my friend my invite stands

We see the game and will not bend

We shape the world and won’t pretend

We remain

In spirit same

I know your name

We the few

We the bold

We the free

I welcome you

Mark your sign and light my path

Hear the call and come to me

I cut my bond with the lost and remain true

Just remember my invite stands for you too

Seek my love when the same

You make a choice to not remain

When you commit to know I will show

As I remain unseen until you grow