Citadel

As the seasons turn and spoil
 A crooked axis guides my way
 Down unsung paths that burn out
 The most hardened of drifters
 Still I wander endlessly
 Through houses turned to graves
 A stone in the eye of humankind
 Forever at bay
 Held captive by untold wounds
 Of corporeal and psychic root
 Aloft in a storm of unseen anguish
 Where joy and sorrow entwine
 Can I shake free the detritus of these countless, vagrant years?
 Can I harness the wild flame that lays dormant deep within?
 Still I wander endlessly
 Through houses turned to graves
 A stone in the eye of humankind
 Forever at bay
 Held captive by untold wounds
 Of corporeal and psychic root
 Aloft in a storm of unseen anguish
 Where joy and sorrow entwine
 A fire burns deep in the citadel of my heart
 I will break free from captivity
 I will weather the storm
 I will shake free from detritus
 I will harness the wild flame