A Rebours

I'll tread the trail over the hill then

Though thinking of my children

My stride aligned with now

Nothing more

I stand against nature

I stand a rebours

Apex bound I predate and prey

Beyond the end

Where I am is where I'll stay

Oh mother

Father

'Though wind blows closed your doors

Rest easy

Time can't touch the son who stands

A rebours

For the wound I am cautery

I'm the cure for the disease

After forty days and forty nights

I am the ark that sails the seas

The story's in the telling

The truth is the belief

Up and on I'll push all preciousness aside

But at the peak I will tarry and not stride

Precipitous

Precarious

The path I stand before

I am

I want

I question it no more

I can do no other

I stand