-Clear the damages from your mind
step over the debris that has fallen in time
make your way to that greater calling
that place you dreamt of
in a now forgotten dream
the one in which the fishes floated
upside down and upstream
a dark passage you made it through
boils, pains, bruises and all
you are here, you are here,
wake up and see
you have made it through much
you have walked in the darkness
of the night’s drought and
continue still
do not allow yourself to be filled
with the mirages of sanity
the pretty pictures painted
on the wall
like painting pictures
will be salvation, like the colors
tell a story of abundance
of absolution, of forgiveness
there is no one left who can save you
there is no one here who can absolve you
there is no one who can carry you
until the broken reflection
the one you flinch at
is noticed
appreciated
valued
and understood as a piece of everything
you have been, as well
as everything that makes you
do not delay the hands of time
as they fall off quickly
like the hair on your head
that makes you feel unworthy
take another drag another drink
it’s okay it gets you through
everyone has a story to tell
these you listen to
ignore, the story that is not their own
the story of what your fairytale life should be
the wonders and the mystery
spelled out as if they were strung together simply
recognize what you know
it is with your knowledge that you grow
do not follow blindly those who chant
those who sway by curdling out
a lullaby that was never meant for today
the stories that unfold imperfectly
are the stories that are true
perfection never wandered through
this shattered earth
the broken glass
the reflection that stares back at you
we were broken and then born
into this fractured space
abandoned and left to figure out
that there is nothing left to figure out
thoughts and questions help you deal
what is true for you is not truly real
we must each awaken to ourselves
not the stories of those who came
not the fictions that come knocking
pretending to be something we cannot see
it is the self that does exist
it is the self we can see clearly
let go of everyone, let go of everything
there is a groundlessness that should not sting
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