I used to rule the world...

Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own...

And now I have reached a point where I feel the need to escape, to just get away. I suppose that my vacation a couple of weeks ago spoiled me and I realize that I enjoy see the world, being some place that I had never been before (actually I had been to Disney World long ago when I was but a lad), maybe it is more of the escape from the daily routine that I enjoy - one never knows about all the things that are mashed up within the deep dark recesses of my brain. But it was good and I wish to strike out and do something similar again much like last summer when I went to art festivals or local battlefields or hikes in the wild of the frontier areas that are near to my home...

But there is the problem of working capital and the fact that I need to be employed for at least some periods throughout the year - there is always a catch and finances are what hold me back from discovering the world and all the wondrous place contained therein. One will find that usually the one who provides the finances will be the one who carries out the mission, and in this case it happens to be me. There are so many things that I would like to do, so many sights that I would like to see, so many things that I have left to discover. There is so much that it can be overwhelming to think of all that I have left to do in this lifetime...

There are so many dreams yet to be fulfilled, so many roads yet to wander upon, so many rivers yet to float down until I spill into the sea. These dreams may be great and grand or they may be small and insignificant and yet they beckon to me. Upon the path to my dreams there are so many roadside attractions that I will find the need to pull over and experience all that they have in store for me, so many out of the way off the well beaten path curiosities that I feel I should see at least once before I am lowered into the earth...

And as I type I come full circle back to the beginning where I find that I need a patron to finance my expedition into the unknown, my journey of discovery, and I know that the only patron I have is my own hands. I am responsible for building the future that I desire and I must fund the expedition, I must provide the ships, I must hire the crew, I must purchase the provisions, I must raise the flag and set sail for the ends of the Earth...

The dangers are many though so may be the rewards though I shall never know until I actually set sail upon this next great adventure. And such are the challenges that I shall face when I near the ends of the world as my map grows blank and the names of the places have yet to be added. I shall be the cartographer of my destiny and I shall stake claim to new lands for God and country. I shall gather and study all new discoveries and I shall bring them back to my home port. I shall have my name written in the annals of history and the future generations will sing my praises. I shall live forever for I have discovered the Fountain of Youth for remaining young is only for memories and I shall be remember for an eternity...

Though I still need to find a new job...

This is the Word of the AntiCrust...

Praise be ye who Reads the Word for ye are Blessed amongst humans...