Grueling Roads

The learning path diverges at

reward and punishment,

where light and dark, quite simply, are

reflections of desire.

The lessons forged with molten ore

doth wound before they're healed;

mistakes must burn short of an urn-

insight requires pain.

So grueling roads I seek, for Oh!

those scars will mark my growth

and mar my skin from deep within,

lest I forget my sins.