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| Artwork by Belgian Symbolist Artist Jean Delville |
Each acquired a certain spiritual value
Having touched the flesh of the holy one
Seekers, opportunists, as well as knights
Actively seek to find them
For some seek material wealth
Some desire glory
To find, rediscover, or reveal these artifacts
Would be magnificently significant
Exalted are those who defeat fate
A quest knight is a sort of warrior
That is not the same
He is not seeking wealth or fame
Rather, his goal is to find holiness
Wealth cannot replace
Nor does it create the sacred
Fame pleases the ego, not the soul
A quest knight pursues truth
Whatever the cause
It bears a cost that burns
For it might even light a holy fire
Inside
But even quest knights fail
Even quest knights have flaws
Not one, none are holy but the Christ
Spent by battle, by the journey
Wearied of the spiritual duress
He must keep going, until there is nothing left
To endure, a holy fire must rage
Few are not themselves incinerated
By the fire that burns without end
Parsifal was appointed
As one who sought the Grail
The holiest chalice would renew
The spiritual malaise Arthur faced
Many knights were sent
Few returned
The world could not perceive
How enormous the cost
To find, to touch, the holiest cup
Would be filled for the king to sip
But only Parsifal was able
Many were willing
But only one would find
And only one would hold it there
Where the wine refilled
The holy cup
For the King
Who would be renewed
Never again run out of the holiest fire
Nor the desire
To hold the king's sword again
In battle, and to reign
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