Namesake

On the day where the sun was blazing hot

A woman laid in a bed, who, for her life fought

With no solace or a friend to ease her pain

Brought to life a child to this world again

Some would call this a joyous day

But the woman feared fate would, her betray

She held in her arms a creature as tiny as a fœtus

Looked in her eyes, and felt the weight of life for once

The girl was named to have a life with a path as clear as the summer sky

But little did they know what did the curse of names really imply

Some would call a name a prayer for a future as bright as the blazing sun

But the truth that laid beneath the words called forth a destiny in the stars spun

As the days went by and the years filled the pages of her life

The child no longer young walked a life of endless strife

She thought the world cruel and the future as murky as a swamp of monsters

Unbeknownst to her she would take on a journey of endless wonders

There she was hoping for clarity to bless her days

Spending her nights with her head held high to stargaze

Praying that soon an answer would come her way, the ultimate truth

Saving her from the confusion that plagued her lengthy troubled youth

The child, now an adult, spent and weary

Found no truth to ease her mind, troubled very

Cursing the day her name was bestowed upon her

Plaguing her to an endless life of wander, a lost voyager

Seeking the one thing to define her existence

Unable to give up or move on, curse her persistence !

The girl not yet able to resign the chase she spent a lifetime after

Sacrificing along the way her tears, her blood and her quiet laughter

Oh fate that lurks far, far beneath the shining stars

Shed some light onto this lost soul who lived through endless wars

Do our names define us, or are we shackled by the curses of fate ?

Do the stars write our fates amongst the tragedies of falling saints

Are we here to live or is our life a journey to rewrite the stars

Should the journey be chosen by us or are we merely some controlled avatars

I curse the day the questions started flooding my brain

For ever since I became acquainted with the real knowledge pain