Serendipity

There was once a time when I knew the edges of space 

And there I stood at the gates belong to 

That which some would call heaven 

Though at that time I was, but a child 

And because of my innocence; I only knew ignorance

Even at that moment when I was prevalent with an ongoing lack of knowledge

My heart always perceived what was just 

But in the ages that I have come to know 

My thoughts have become stained with the horrors of the world 

Therefore, I took this innocence that I was once familiar with

And locked it away, so a part of me would remain forever pure and virtuous  

Yet I knew not that I had hid away the greatest gift 

That all souls perpetually hold

I understood nothing at that time 

And this may explain why I give up my heart to learn of my own exsitence 

Although now I have became empty again, 

For I have lost all sense of self, and all the knowledge that I possess seems vain 

…All but the piece of me that was properly disendowed 

Forsaken so long ago 

Was this light of a universal cosmic abyss 

A piece of paradise that has always remained so wisely naive

And one that I must now reclaim.

~ Tony Paradise's Poet ~