There was an apprentice
surrounded by splendour
listening to his instructor
and every day that passed by
he used to ask a question
thus getting some estimation
but not enough

There was a soldier
armed with sabre and shield
banished on an battlefield
pure and cursed at once
discovering malignity
and experience in agony
but not enough

There was a ghost
facing the mirror even blind
still doubting about humankind
but sapience seems to be in vain
mostly buried in the past anyhow
some shady memories left narrow
but not enough