the discovery of dualistic depths inescapable to all
fashionable trends of timeless characters reaping harvests of perversion through archetypal cycles repeating
undeniably harsh words cast as arrows of love distorted by hate grown in cultures plagued by ignorance in abundance
from biker gangs to politic clans and religious orders each dancing their underworld rituals as saints of societal sects at odds with even the highest of values
hard shells of scars left as innocence torn from youth caught in crossfires of men battling for power & control
in mirrors' cracks our shadows hide
with broken shards kicked to corners to avoid the reflections
no woman nor child left unscathed from missteps of awkward dances around the jagged remnants of uncleaned implosions
trauma trafficked through lineages across borders of timeliness in containers of belief
what penance delayed leaving doubt of justice mixed among desperate faith and hope for emergence order in the chaos
dinner plates laced with poisonous traces of medicinal memories stained on the souls of generations
humbly juniors in our ranks of mastering the transmutation we all begin
yet prominent futures of spirit await the willing and able of surrender to process of distillation
tears squeezed through trials and pressure of performance compressing knowledge into wisdom as embodied
impurities purged in mazes architected for the loss of illusion
disorientation as crashing into walls yet the sway of dizziness removing linearity having imprisoned creativity in order
ascent through descent into inner chasms where demons dwell with lessons unlocked with love
the spiral staircase upward an inversion of each step down
softened with forgiveness of how many times we've fell
climbing as each moment winds down closer to the grave
will we learn this time or do it all again