Defiance of the hero

I am a rock, I am an island And the world around me breathes I am a rock I am an island Eroded slowly by the Stream The scars that cross my body Are the ravages of time I will return here no more Till I have gotten what is mine I am an island I am a world And the worlds around me weep I am an island I am a world White light and thorns disturb my sleep This End I see before me- Is it nearing every day? These powers, Light and Darkness, Hold the balance in their sway I am a world, I am a God And the worlds around me crack... I am a world I am a God ...But, in me is what they lack. This life, not by me chosen- Nor this machine, wrought for war- To be a vehicle for Life Using a tactic I abhor I am a God, I am a man, And the worlds around me pray I am a God I am a man And, at sixteen, I am grey. The Fates, they plot against me But, I, no longer in their sway, Shall move between realities And await the coming day I am a man, I am a boy And the worlds around me, dreams I am a man I am a boy Tell me, can I be redeemed?