The Great Unknown

The journey of a thousand miles begins
I feel that tingling sense of fear
All my life I've been safe in content
Preventing me from leaving here
I saw a world full of hopes and dreams
Never surpassed my mere desires
A rite of passage seems required of me
Before my one chance expires

Until you ride into the unknown
The past won't ever fully show
What you've been devoid of
I never thought I'd take this turn
I never gained the strength to learn
To not give in (To let go)
To let go of this ordeal

I feel discomfort rising
No way of compromising
Now once for all
I'll stand up for myself
Just one more brief excursion
This time with no diversion
No holding back, no chains
I embrace my fears

So many years have passed now
A candle forgotten in a dream
A vision far gone and burnt to ashes
Spread to ignite again
Growing

Until you ride into the unknown
The past won't ever fully show
What you've been devoid of
I never thought I'd take this turn
I never gained the strength to learn
To not give in
To survive

Until I entered the great unknown
The past had never fully showed
What I'd been devoid of
What was stripped away from me
And finally I'm taking this turn
I finally found the strength to learn
To not give in to the fear no more
My journey has now begun