unsafe guardian
I’ll have to be my own master
I’ve always had a tale to tell
riches have no power over me
for I am withdrawn into myself,
into the little land inside my head
the bounds of which no man can set,
where I roam free and play and worry not,
because I create to my own heart’s content
no thought given hear is of any true consequence
I may at times step beyond these borders
to live a life that’s considered real,
but time is different from one place
to the next — so a minute with you
can mean I’ve spent eons without…
if I had anything of great value,
I would soon forget it there — it would
be like a dandelion in the wind…
I am an unsafe guardian,
yet defiance is in my nature
I see the truth in the lies of this sick old
world, and I know that to cling too close
to the fabricated web we weave,
is to live a life of peril…
to be wise is to be in constant danger
to be kind, you must put your heart at risk
too much desire can corrupt the soul…
so, unless you have the strongest sense
of who you are, you will falter in the face of death
Franco Amati 2024
