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Remembered upbringing
conditioning
controlling
amidst darkness
do this
do that
sallow
sad
brainwashed living

But then one day

smoldering choices pondered
but never engaged
become antipathy's eruption
inner flames lick vacuous air
singed thoughts once stranded come alive
dancing atop the flames

Fog burns away
exiled forever
paths emerge
clarity appears natural

Valleys lay before us
landscapes yet to name
seeded by epiphanies
sprouting growth without poisons
awaiting harvest patiently

Beyond

our chameleon mountain
the mirrored self
layering molten sides
storing echelon energy
awaiting survivor needs

While
 
liquid fire deep within
life's internment craving to be free
sleeps with one eye open
awaiting our ready

Still

the mission is forever pondered
the when
the if
the how
and especially the why
why this fluid thunder seldom spoken
chooses such unexpected moments
purging forth the painful past
for what

To bury
to forget
or to scatter as life's compost
to gratefully become part of existence
feeding on itself
joining the cosmic continuum
ingesting
ingesting
ad infinitum