To Serve

"The perfect blossom
is a rare thing.
You could spend your life looking for one,
and it would not be a wasted life.
They are all perfect!"

*** 

Today,

yes,
today I did remember

those very old memories in me...
when I held The Sword,
at the Age of warrior
on the Land of rising Sun..

I remembered in me,
The Honour in
the Blade I wore,
the sign of dignity, of freedom
on the Land of rising Sun

I reminded
what meant
to pay for mistakes
with my life...
to protect that was important

I remembered...

I still carry it
in my Heart
yet my mind has forgotten

so I've been deceitful
in so many ways
in so many days

And my Soul is ill
and crying
for the honour
I once knew
I once wore

Today I reminded..

the Time,
on the land
of Rising Sun

I found my Blade
once again

***

"I believe man does he can
until his destiny reveals to him."

***

So I reclaim my sword

it says now:
"I belong to the warrior
in whom the old ways
has joined the new."

And so be it!