Release

It used to frighten me
These thoughts of mine
Dark ambitions
Careless, thoughtless
I was young
Determined to define the world around me to what I thought best.

I was dead
Some said
Without a purpose
No distinguishable role in the lives of any
Becoming the fate for the lives of many

I was young
Careless, thoughtless
I changed that
And everything else that had once been for certain.

Power had found the wrong hands
In the eyes of some
That man
That sage
That fool of innocent dreams
He lost his power as I grew to learn
The art of deceit
Evading eyes
Charming the ones that watched, it seems

I struck
They never told a soul

They died along with me
I couldn't do it alone, of course
I left them behind
With my childhood body
Too free to feel the chains of remorse
That pure charm is lost to me now
All I have is this power
And the memory of my choice

The choice to live breath
The strength to give death

The parting of ways
Had left me lost
Those wretched days
Had paid the cost

This fault of mine
Became my strength

Every fleeting thought that I had bound myself,
Trapped in my own hatred
Only further encouraged me to imprison the world.