Themes and Insights
Though I Still Believe
The poem circles the question of whether we ever truly leave the places that shaped us—emotionally, spiritually, or existentially. Time and change blur, but the essence of where we began remains.
Childhood and the Loss of Wonder
The “never ending fields of grass” symbolize the purity and trust of childhood faith—gradually replaced by the adult awareness of loss, fear, and the vanishing of innocence.
Cycles of Strength and Disillusionment
The middle verses reflect youth’s strength and ambition (“brothers strong and young”), contrasting with the eventual confrontation of reality—how even courage cannot escape time’s erosion.
Faith Amid Disappearance
Despite the fading of dreams and the betrayal of worldly hope, a spiritual resilience endures. The speaker continues to believe “as a child,” clinging to eternal things beyond visible decay.
The Eternal Return
The final revelation—“I have never left this place”—suggests the timeless continuity of being. All creation, love, and loss spiral back to one center, where endings are beginnings, and belief survives.
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Though I Still Believe
All those things and all those dreams
That little children cherish
With faith of joy upon arrival
To run in never ending fields of grass
Without a fear until such time
As it vanishes without a trace
But did I ever leave this place?
And every time and every day
With brothers strong and young
Finding our power and our way
To rule the world unlike another
Never shaken by the wind
As the storm then concludes
And have I ever left this place?
Then with a heart like the lion
Does one embrace another life
Knowing not, yet not knowing
For of such is great power
Whose desire does not depart
Until the day of broken reality
And do we ever leave this place?
But still does one believe as a child
Of everlastings and always forevers
Until the darkness of the world returns
To steal away the heart of man
That he should accept his own riddle
And have I ever been a song
That another wants to hear again?
That all things spring forth, to then wither
And that all believe, do all find debt
And to all who seek, they cease from hope
And for every love, another desires no more
For just as I had once been sweet drink
Does my force sour to the wind
With only one constant…
That I have never left this place
Where all worlds end
Though I still believe
Ryan o0o
Though I Still Believe
All those things and all those dreams
That little children cherish
With faith of joy upon arrival
To run in never ending fields of grass
Without a fear until such time
As it vanishes without a trace
But did I ever leave this place?
And every time and every day
With brothers strong and young
Finding our power and our way
To rule the world unlike another
Never shaken by the wind
As the storm then concludes
And have I ever left this place?
Then with a heart like the lion
Does one embrace another life
Knowing not, yet not knowing
For of such is great power
Whose desire does not depart
Until the day of broken reality
And do we ever leave this place?
But still does one believe as a child
Of everlastings and always forevers
Until the darkness of the world returns
To steal away the heart of man
That he should accept his own riddle
And have I ever been a song
That another wants to hear again?
That all things spring forth, to then wither
And that all believe, do all find debt
And to all who seek, they cease from hope
And for every love, another desires no more
For just as I had once been sweet drink
Does my force sour to the wind
With only one constant…
That I have never left this place
Where all worlds end
Though I still believe
Ryan o0o
Themes and Insights
Though I Still Believe
The poem circles the question of whether we ever truly leave the places that shaped us—emotionally, spiritually, or existentially. Time and change blur, but the essence of where we began remains.
Childhood and the Loss of Wonder
The “never ending fields of grass” symbolize the purity and trust of childhood faith—gradually replaced by the adult awareness of loss, fear, and the vanishing of innocence.
Cycles of Strength and Disillusionment
The middle verses reflect youth’s strength and ambition (“brothers strong and young”), contrasting with the eventual confrontation of reality—how even courage cannot escape time’s erosion.
Faith Amid Disappearance
Despite the fading of dreams and the betrayal of worldly hope, a spiritual resilience endures. The speaker continues to believe “as a child,” clinging to eternal things beyond visible decay.
The Eternal Return
The final revelation—“I have never left this place”—suggests the timeless continuity of being. All creation, love, and loss spiral back to one center, where endings are beginnings, and belief survives.
Though I Still Believe
All those things and all those dreams
That little children cherish
With faith of joy upon arrival
To run in never ending fields of grass
Without a fear until such time
As it vanishes without a trace
But did I ever leave this place?
And every time and every day
With brothers strong and young
Finding our power and our way
To rule the world unlike another
Never shaken by the wind
As the storm then concludes
And have I ever left this place?
Then with a heart like the lion
Does one embrace another life
Knowing not, yet not knowing
For of such is great power
Whose desire does not depart
Until the day of broken reality
And do we ever leave this place?
But still does one believe as a child
Of everlastings and always forevers
Until the darkness of the world returns
To steal away the heart of man
That he should accept his own riddle
And have I ever been a song
That another wants to hear again?
That all things spring forth, to then wither
And that all believe, do all find debt
And to all who seek, they cease from hope
And for every love, another desires no more
For just as I had once been sweet drink
Does my force sour to the wind
With only one constant…
That I have never left this place
Where all worlds end
Though I still believe
Ryan o0o
Themes and Insights
Though I Still Believe
The poem circles the question of whether we ever truly leave the places that shaped us—emotionally, spiritually, or existentially. Time and change blur, but the essence of where we began remains.
Childhood and the Loss of Wonder
The “never ending fields of grass” symbolize the purity and trust of childhood faith—gradually replaced by the adult awareness of loss, fear, and the vanishing of innocence.
Cycles of Strength and Disillusionment
The middle verses reflect youth’s strength and ambition (“brothers strong and young”), contrasting with the eventual confrontation of reality—how even courage cannot escape time’s erosion.
Faith Amid Disappearance
Despite the fading of dreams and the betrayal of worldly hope, a spiritual resilience endures. The speaker continues to believe “as a child,” clinging to eternal things beyond visible decay.
The Eternal Return
The final revelation—“I have never left this place”—suggests the timeless continuity of being. All creation, love, and loss spiral back to one center, where endings are beginnings, and belief survives.
