BANISHMENT — An Early Draft Exploring Inner Conflict and Transformation

BANISHMENT |

Verse 1 |

The watching of my inner voice is clear |

A tragic comedy is still a play |

When Banishment performed to lift the curse |

While others acquainted with Gladness |

Verse 2 |

In hermitage we know ourselves to be |

Harmony let a sigh, Anger a shout |

Again, I heard the whisper from above |

Bestowed with the secret libation |

Verse 3 |

Creativity has a certain grace |

To find the fruits of each held common core |

The gamble is the only thing to bet |

Fear keeps us far apart, this point in case |

Verse 4 |

Destruction is the path it leaves behind |

Steady working ego take your leisure |

And feeling strikes the keynote here |

At one be mournful and the other gay |

Chorus |

When banishment was cast to lift the curse |

Destruction is the path it leaves behind |

Middle |

Look! Here arriving, Hope in hand with Fear |

The chrysalis of change, and each our duty |