Ebony shackles
Securely embedded
Deep within
The whole

Contracting, cutting, biting
Flesh and soul
Selfish devourer
Concern, of no consequence

Life flowing in abstract direction
Purpose without cause
Cause without reason
Reason, consumed with distraction

The distortion ripples, builds and ripples again
Engorged
It roars, pounding against itself
Obliterated instantaneously

Calming chaos
Escalates, organizing into clarity
Steadfast change, unbound by fetters
Disarmed, disbanded, destroyed

Flow, generated in unison
Blinding warmth of certainty
Unshaken by the other
Given reins to release

Absolution allowed
As the cataract clears
Lungs open, gasping
For the first breath

Again