Open Letter To The Universe

Dear Eternity;

I have walked a million paths, it seems. I have tread a billion miles. My eyes have beheld the glories of this Earth. I have seen the engines of our planet create land anew.......I have beheld birth and death in all their glory and love, heartbreak and tears.......I have brought happiness......I have brought pain........I have begun and I have finished........I have taught and I have learned........life has given me the sight of the traveller. I use that sight now.

Eternity, I know that many come to you asking for riches and fame, wealth and status, notoriety and marketability. I do not. I come to you with a simple request for this tiny speck that I have, known as "Legacy." I ask that you grant me the time, the wisdom and the opportunity to create.

Eternity, I wish to be a force upon this rock. I know the hurt and I know the pain that fill many within this cycle. I have seen the tears that flow for reasons of which many could never hope to conceive. I have seen pointless loss at the hands of starvation, disease and evil. I have felt the sting of Karma and I am ready to reply.

Allow me to use the tools that I possess to bring about change within this world. The opportunity lies there in my path, a slight deviation into the darkness. Eternity, I wish to take that lesser path. I wish to banish the thoughts of self preservation and grab hold of the self that preserves others.

I feel the need within our kind and I know that I am more than capable of joining those who wish to fill the needs that plague our people. Allow me the time to create hope for the hopeless, to satiate the hungry, to free the oppressed and to carry the burden for those no longer strong enough. My opportunity has come. I wish to disappear into this Earth, leaving only love and happiness behind.

Eternity, I do not wish fame or fortune...............I simply wish for love.........please do not force me down a path that takes me away from the hurt, the pain, the downtrod. For in their faces, Eternity, I have found the face of God.