ALONE… I STARED INTO THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT.
IN SEARCH OF THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION OF LIFE.
IS IT THERE BEFORE ME JUST BEYOND MY REACH?
DOES IT HIDE DEEP WITHIN THE SOUL, THIS ANSWER I SEEK?
MY QUESTION TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS DREARY LAND?
WHAT IS … THE ESSENCE OF A MAN?
IS IT THE SMILE ON MY FACE, THE LOVE IN MY HEART?
COULD IT BE THE TEARS IN MY EYES AS WE DRIFT APART?
PERHAPS THE STRONG SHOULDER YOU LEAN ON, OR MY LUST FOR LIFE AND LOVE?
OR COULD IT BE THE GUIDANCE FROM OUR GOD ABOVE?
IS IT THE GENTLEMANLY THINGS I DO EACH DAY?
OR THE ANIMAL WITHIN ME AT NIGHT WHEN WE PLAY?
I HAVE LOOKED SO HARD… SO LONG FOR THIS ANSWER, I SEEK.
THERE HAS BEEN THE STRONG AND THE OLD, AS WELL AS THE YOUNG AND THE MEEK.
IS IT FINALLY TIME TO END THIS LIFELONG QUEST?
HAVE I TRULY PUT FORTH MY VERY BEST?
PERHAPS MY FRIEND YOU HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION OF LIFE?
OR IS IT FOREVER HIDDEN… IN THE DARKNESS… OF THE NIGHT?
THE ANSWER AT LAST AS THIS QUEST ENDS.
THE ESSENCE OF US ALL LIES DEEP WITHIN.
ONLY FROM OUR HEARTS CAN THERE BE LIGHT FOREVER GUIDING US IN THE DARKNESS……ALWAYS SHINNING BRIGHT.
WRITTEN BY: DEAN BUTLER
