So to return to such dimmed delusion

So to return to such dimmed delusion
Wander within the grand illusion
Yea still to at times despair
Or what seemed yet nearly there

Tis gone, once more
To think as to be so wild eyed
Too zealous to allow
What ere may come

And in time to see how numb
And cold so easily the heart is changed
Thine idols reveal
What desires most: the thrill

To seek thy own will
For a time
Seems but sublime
Though tis foolish
And folly

Twill not satisfy
All round lie
Counterfeited copies
Counting on the smallest
Deception to divide
Spirit from mind

If only to pierce
Such a space between
What then
Could one make
Of the heart
Of men

All are but fragile
And futile
To think
One to abstain
From their
Natural desires

Only something
Far beyond
The strength of man
Could ere o'er take
For loves own sake

Tis not of this race
Twould seem as ere disgrace
To be brought so low
And take the blow
For thine own
Fallen brother

None but one so just
None but one so rare
Would take the risk
For all

To forgive
To love
And bare the blame
To restore
That which was broken

In hopes
That some may return
In favor again

None could be found
In the hearts
Of men

None but that which is found
Beyond all heaven and earth
None but that one
Didst give them birth

Could carry
Such a burden
Bearing deep
For all the souls
Of men

Tis that which divides
Between the two
That can save
From all
Destruction

-Joshua Lee Foist