A Walk In The Wild (Road to Recovery Suite)

Listen to A Walk In The Wild by Richard Charles Stevens (Road To Recovery Suite)

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It felt wild
To let it be
.
Let it be
.
Midday sun burns down upon the long and winding road
My binding oath
Declining role of victim as per findings showed
While the days are blinding hot
The nights are biting cold
With not a soul in earshot
As I watch the coughing campfire choke
I’m all alone
With thoughts my only cloak remotely close to home
Which goes to show
How far I’ll go
To grow apart from scolding tone
My open heart
The noble part which chaperoned approach thus far
Denotes my last granola bar
Before the final gasp
.
For countless miles
Have walked this trail
Though weak and frail
I have prevailed
Have fought for peace
With tooth and nail
Seeked my release
Beyond the pale
.
And found myself
Beneath the veil
Found myself
Beneath the veil
Seeked my release
Beyond the pale
And found myself
.
On the road to rediscovery
(Seeked my release
Beyond the pale)
Road to rediscovery
(Found myself
Beneath the veil)
Road to rediscovery
(Seeked my release
Beyond the pale)
Road to rediscovery
(Found myself
Beneath the veil)
Road to rediscovery
(Seeked my release
Beyond the pale)
Road to rediscovery
(Found myself
Beneath the veil)
.
It felt wild
To let it be
To let life get the best of me
For all of spite’s severity
I still defined serenity
Breathed unapologetically
Once something of a rarity
For back when I was seventeen
I had no real identity
.
At least now theoretically
I called to mind a spreading tree
Thus while my life seemed dead to me
Survival chimed prophetically
Revival timed poetically
To see me unexpectedly alive
.
Remind me why I strived so long
To hold on to my open heart
And motion to the stolen stars
If only to delight the skies
My binding oath
To focus eyes on beauty of the unknown
Where no onus lies on duty
Or disputes that you may die before regrouping in the wild
With eulogy unduly signed
Should you not find the one tree truly wise
And learn of where a working future lies
Find yourself
.
On the road to rediscovery
(Seek your release
Beyond the pale)
Road to rediscovery
(Find yourself
Beneath the veil)
Road to rediscovery
(Seek your release
Beyond the pale)
Road to rediscovery
(Find yourself
Beneath the veil)
.
For countless miles
I walk this trail
Once weak and frail
I now prevail
No fight for peace
Clean teeth and nails
Since I released
Beyond the pale
For here upon
Uneven ground
I found myself
In best of health
Compelled
Beneath the veil
.