The Rebel and Iconoclast (poem)

*Note: This poem is meant to be read slowly. Every phrase, every line, is important. Every phrase is significant. Therefore, this poem, it is meant to be read slowly…to get the full effect of each phrase.

The Rebel and Iconoclast

by Mark Fennell

June 24, 2015

I am a Rebel, a Renegade

      an Iconoclast

I break free from traditions

      and launch from the past

I tear down old structures

      while building new ones which last

I am on a Hero’s Journey

      the Brave Knight’s Tale

Traveling alone and uncertain

      looking for signs on the trail

Ever exploring and creating

      while seeking my Personal Grail

Where my life shall lead

      Only time and history will tell

Yet many Great Beings do value me

      Whispering their guidance

             and wishing me well

Their faith and confidence in me

      will never dispel

Having such constant knowledge

      of their belief in me

Reassured that these beings

      want me to succeed

My courage and moxie

      as I take each step forward

            shall never ever recede

The Renegade, the Revolutionary, the Iconoclast

      I am all of these (and more) indeed

I now walk the path of the Unorthodox Rebel

      as was always intended to be.