The Temple of Legend

The Temple of Legend
(also known as The Addict’s Quest)

The Addict’s Quest for the unnameable
begins at home amongst the unphotographable
lusting after unknown inspiration
with a thirst for something beyond imagination.
The Addict confronted by Zombies
who mock his quest with swords of jest
wading through the Unthinking Swamp
leaving Deadman’s Land far behind.

The Addict’s Quest for the unknowable
takes a turn into the Battling Forest
warring trees kill without mercy
hiding, he glimpses the White Goddess’s reflection.
The Addict escapes into an underground cave
skeletons laugh as he crawls through the dark
clinging to the hope of more blessed inspiration
The Addict emerges covered in shit and exultation!

The Addict’s Quest leads to the shoreline
washing naked he sees dancing nymphs on the horizon
lusting after sweet flesh on bone
he gallantly runs, forgetting his clothes.
The Addict is greeted by Pirates
dressed to the nines in virgin vestial disguise
chained up and thrown in the brig
to the Slave Market he is shipped.

The Addict’s Quest is put on hold
sold by the Pirates to a hag more than old
dragged by chariot to her palace
shamed into servitude with every whip’s lash.
The Addict in the Lair of Despair
dressed in maid’s rags, covered with paranoia
soul evaporating hour after hour
until he sees the White Goddess in a mirror.

The Addict’s Quest becomes a subterfuge
tricking the old hag with whispers in her ear
the loving ruse transforms him from slave to king
after their marriage he cuffs her to a bed and escapes.

The Addict’s Quest for the undescribable
leads him to climb the jagged mountain to the Monastry
amongst the clouds debating with Sky Monks
The Mystery’s reborn along with New Secrets.
The Addict leads the Sky Monks on a mission
from the mountain and into the heartlands
searching for the Blood of Undiscovered Ideas
they were oftern misunderstood and feared.

The Addict’s Quest forced out to the Seas
banished by the Heartlanders for their blasphemous decrees
the Monks and him have no remorse
unfurl the sails and stay the course.
The Addict steers the ship by starlight
Monks chant the Hymns of Living Life
a seagull is spotted in the distance
they follow its treasured existence.

The Addict’s Quest setting foot on warm sand
the hand-in-hand Monks pray the Unspeakable Name
arousing the envy of spirits and devils
from above the clouds, who curse the Island.
The Addict challenged by his followers:
“This isn’t Utopia, the White Goddess isn’t here!”
“The crops are failing, the fish diseased!”
“You’ve led us not to Eden, but to Hades!”

The Addict’s Quest in tatters once again
as spirit cursed Monks strap him to the altar
the wind howls over the Peninsula
and the Eldest Monk raises the Sacrificial Dagger.
The Addict hears the lyre of the Goddess
taking the dagger to his heart with trust and forgiveness
closes his eyes to the world of matter
opens them to beyond infinities.

The Addict’s Quest in the unperceptible realm
swirling forms and ideals in fractal consciousness
floating like a Gemini Astronaut
silhouettes combine as The Mystery Hits.
The Addict perceives the White Goddess
personified glory in unperceivable form
touched by her objective hands
“with these, bring the Light of Legend!”

The Addict’s Quest rising with the dawn
found by a Rebel Monk walking the beach in the morn
“Your wounds are gone! You’re alive!”
They walk the shore and sing out the divine.
The Addict and The Rebel leave the Cursed Isle
on a small sailboat guided by the winds of Goddess wisdom
arriving at the Slave Market posed as buyers
they plot a plan to con the Dirty Slavers.

The Addict’s Quest early the next day
he takes sand into his hands and transforms it to gold
The Rebel hammers the gold into coins
enough to fulfil every Slavers greedy dreams.
The Addict and Rebel buy all the slaves by midday
The Slavers can’t believe it, the other buyers dismayed.
At the dock of the bay, the Slaves are freed
and the coins in Slavers pockets returns back to sand.

The Addict’s Quest chased by immoral crusaders
but the Freed Slaves fight back, protect their liberators
Pirates are hijacked, freeing more Slaves to fightback
and spread word of the New Legend.
The Addict is visited by the White Goddess at night
a vision of pure clarity standing over his homeland
He follows the Western Star
and steers the ship back to his Roots.

The Addict’s Quest on the shoreline where he once was enslaved
with his hands he turns sand into glass bricks
He teaches this skill to his Rebel Followers
and designs them a plan for the Temple of Legend.
The Addict leaves his followers constructing the Temple
as the tide turns and he returns to the cave of skeletons
crawling faster than a toddler
the skeletons are reborn through joyous rapture.

The Addict’s Quest on the wasteland of the once Battling Forest
silent obliteration, the consequence of war.
The Addict walks spreading light:
fresh buds, green shoots forming faery delights.
The Addict approaches the Unthinking Swamp
and challenges the Zombies who once mocked his quest
through the swamp he counters there swords of jest
whilst revealing the truth of the Mystery’s Eclipse.

The Addict’s Quest transforming the Zombies
no longer slaves to the idea of death
lusting for new life as humans they rebuild
so Deadman’s Land becomes the first Eden.
The Addict looks to the distance
lights is refracted from the glass bricks of the Temple
and baptises everybody with blessed pure photons,
the gifts of the White Goddess
made alive by the Temple of Legend.

The Addict Chants:
“The Secret was Born to be Shared.
The Mystery’s only Understood when its Lived.”