an alchemist's prayer

seek the truth.
befriend those who quest alike, but avoid those who have found it...

maktub.
answers that beg questions are aired for ears that affirm yet yield...

turn thyself into the wind.
all that is for one to learn has been given, forthright;
child, look inside and be the one capable of all...

the treasure in the desert is underneath the tree.
you'd never have seen and learned of what you now possess,
had you not journeyed only to come back...

now, turn base metal into gold.
ponder past the task and behold another reality--
this gold is but gold until value has been placed...

kiss this land by the feet whence you call home...
the prairie, brooks, and flowers have never been as kind.