Lionheart

As you all leave
grow up
move on with your lives
begin your lives
start a new chapter of your lives

you will be faced
with options
choices that you will have to make
the hardest part
is that these decisions
are based on your free will
only you get to make these decisions

will you be swayed by your peers
pressures of this world
temptations
desires
needs
wants
of the wrong things
they're not that bad right?
i mean
its just
a little bit..
but in your gut
something rises
refusing to settle

frankly
its uncomfortable
but let me tell you something
you may find this reassuring
you may not
with each choice you make
right or wrong
good or bad
disturbing or not
it will get easier
the guilt will wear away
so will the pleasures with time
there is a void that will become endless
and the further we drift from the truth
by listening to the lies
told by the devils of this world
beautiful little creatures of seduction
the deeper the gap hollows

in the end
it is your decision
your own free will
to muster up the courage
to listen to your gut
the innate conscience
we drown out

will you listen
to your mind if it has not yet been tinkered with
your heart if it is still loyal to the faith

do you have what it takes
to bare all
naked
to be transparent
without hidden agenda
to stand for what is right
not what the world says is right
not what is manipulated to be right
but what is right
and just
and lovely
and good

are you able to say
that it is I
I who chose
I who chose to embark on this path

because let me warn you
the wolves are close by
they're howling and snarling
their teeth snapping against what little fortress of twigs you have built to protect yourself
the crows
they're a multitude
closing in quick
the hills are dark
mountainous
and never ending

they all have one purpose
and that is to destroy you
and steal
your heart
your soul
your mind

will you
my dear
brave on
young lion heart. 

6/6/15 11:15PM

Phoebe - His Child, Young lion heart.
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This was inspired from todays message, worship song sung by the most inspirational person i look up to and respect immensely and my classmates graduating from high school. Classmates not me, i left after my sophomore year, but perhaps thats a story for another time. And i guess if i wasn't suppose to be doing my group report i probably wouldn't have the time to procrastinate and this poem wouldn't have come about lol. Basically, today's message was very personal to me it was about whether you would take the unpopular opinion (of course take it because it is the truth not just for the sake of standing against the current) and stand for it. We have a misconception of being brave and courageous, we see it as this notable act of defiance and rebellion that is admirable. It is not hard to be "true to who you are" ("true to your sinful desires") all that requires you to do is for you to do whatever you want because that is who you are and you should embrace it or whatever they're saying these days. We are very hypocritical, i mean, would you be able to apply this phrase to a murderer saying embrace who you are man, if killing is your thing, and dead corpses are your bae, if you're a necrophiliac, have at it. What is wrong with improving yourself? We have become so lazy, descending into this ultimatum of indulgence, self righteousness and arrogance that we refuse to see a doctor and have our impurities diagnosed because we are so conceited and comfortable in our filth. I am not here to condemn, we are all imperfect and we can never be perfect, but instead of swimming in our iniquities we should strive to be the best versions of ourselves. We are afraid of the struggle, well too bad, that's life, will you float on by and drown when the high tide rolls in, or will you go against the current and be swept away again and again, drowning, submerged beneath the ocean, will you struggle until you become a master of the ocean, and when the high tides come rolling in, will you finally after all your failures and tenacious voracity, will you be able to take on the wave, break into it, swim the uphill current, against the tide and hold you breath through it all until you come out victorious on the other side. Which path will you take? No one said it would be easy.