Naked, Weak, Free........
We're all born the same, unfettered by preconceived limitations. Eventually, we submit to laws. There are those we must embrace in order to be free....The laws of iron and discipline. Then there are those we must challenge for that very same freedom.....The laws of conformity and small-mindedness. The weight of these chains are so subtle, we forget them. This is how we are shackled, tamed.
Normalcy becomes the rule and we grow comfortable with limits. Like a dog at the end of a leash, we move but never of our own will.
It is time to defy, time to rise up....
I will test my mettle, pull hard against these restraints. I will not let conventional thinking rule me. As I stand here, the chain will bury deep into my flesh, the weight will pull me down. But I will fight! I will defy gravity. If i fall, I will get right back up. Brothers, live is short and every minute that passes hurdles us closer to the end. In the time that I have, I have bound myself to this chosen life and it to me.....
These words are the contract that binds me....Upon it, I have signed my name in blood.