Did you know
Once upon a time, long before the snow
There were four men
Peter, Edward, Gabriel and William
They lived in a small village
Their view of life a simple and peaceful image
They felt smarter and better than the fauna
They ridiculed the turtles, fish and the rabbits
Because they spoke with no tongue
And died with a mind young
And a life that they thought went unsung
One day they faced a man
A man with four hands
Who offered them a choice of three gifts
An emotional poise and its peace
The strength to move the world with hands
Or the mind to think of everything, everywhere, everywhen
With ignorance and hubris
The all chose a mind to think
Not knowing it would never stop thinking
Then these men
Who could think beyond even the now and then
Fell to their knees
And cried out in pleas
And they begged the man with four hands
To be turned into turtles, fish or rabbits
They knew nothing but madness
In the pits of their own minds
There was no world left to ground them
No love left, that was not already thought lost, no love that could hold them
All fell into their own heads
Every horror, fear and terror
Every man, woman and child murdered
And nothing could ever make that feel better
They wanted to be great artists
But they were ignorant of one thing
If you do not know discipline and strength
A giant mind and a soul’s world piercing view
Will make you cut off your ear very soon.
