They Gave Up The Will To Fight

They Gave Up The Will To Fight, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

gave up
their families
renounced
wealth
became
spiritual
seekers
fakirs
one night
groping
for god
in the
darkness
they gave
up light
aligned
their fate
devoid
of color
broken
wings
aborted
flight
a winding
path
no left
no right
guided
by inner
sight