Sun Wukong - Means End

Where I come from is a place

Of simple creatures, of no consequence

For as long as I can remember

I’ve been obsessed with achieving greatness but to what end?

The notion seemed so deep

Brooding disdain all along in me

That a greater purpose

Lay hidden from view

Searching in vain

To leave this domain

Though there have been many

Whom I could call friend

Roads steep and laced with pain

Have forced every one I’ve ever known

To fall behind

They lied down to rest

While I carried on forward

But I felt no satisfaction

Even though I am the

Great sage equal of heaven

Searching in vain

To leave this domain

I was told that the truth is:

«Only those who risk going too far

Can find out how far one can go.»

Now I’ve crossed the earth;

I’ve reached the end

And offered my soul

What can one do to savor life

When everything is rushing so fast

All alone, slave of time

I know there is no turning back

The purple dusk reveals a new road

Reaching out to the stars

To end is to begin anew

The colors have changed to a darker hue

I have now finally awakened to

Emptiness