Once Upon a Wilderness

Once upon a wilderness, quiet and complete Serpent with a silver tongue, fruit upon the tree With a single choice he fell They saw another side of themselves Now into the pit, until you both forget The beauty that you saw Bear the pain of birth, dig into the earth Till it 'till it's raw Darian was seventeen when he ran away He don't need a holy tome to know he's not a saint Bent beneath the overpass With tremors in his voice he asked In between your prayer, have you time to spare A penny or a word? When you go to kneel, don't it ever feel Just a bit absurd? Is it for the greater good, for the greater love For the love of God? Woe to he without a shield from his doubt; Who shivers when it's cold While the pious and devout tell him all about Conditions of his soul It's for the greater good, for the greater love For the love of God --- Once Upon a Wilderness - David Wirsig