By Higher Powers

Spurred on by a driving force within

I cannot rest in idleness and peace,

There are fierce fires burning all to raze

The fort of shadows and they will not cease

Their cleansing till the inner work is done.

For in the temple are unholy things

And tear-stained statues that demand release,

Idols of thought that have grown mighty wings

And fly uninterrupted through the mind.

Perhaps the demons of my darkest hours

Who parry with their forceful night my prayers

Can only be destroyed by higher powers;

But I must find a way to abrogate

The treaties of temptation I have signed

Uprooting the balance of my higher state

And with the truth my spirit realigned.