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Written: July 7, 2025, for a contest sponsored by Edward Ibeh Quote: "Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul," By Rumi *************** The horizons near me recall a sheet of sheaf, Fluted and scattered, and perpetually in a reef. Its touch, as a flame, may let me feel warm; A fire fills the air as gentle curves swarm. This nebulous life is like a perplexing riddle. When you can't tell the truth, invent tittles. Feeling lost and bewildered, in need of a muse. Lacking focus, care, and dedication—I need to ooze. The embers of my mind scream and wail, Haunted by a toxic psyche of an endless scale. The hysteria of an antithetical nature is bright. Does it represent reality or a dream insight? Detrimental sacrifices, and intergalactic mutation, Exiled until the order's surviving progeny's creation. Restricted to the outskirts of the universe, Constrained by the one chosen to reverse. Is it calm stillness or a deafening scream? A fragment of me halts the spiraling dream. Some aspects of my being are resistant, Navigating a path of decay so persistent. I almost caught a glimpse of you in my doorway, Watching my chest rise and fall as I lay. The vision of waking beside you feels so real, Yet it's merely a phantom meant to alter my zeal. A nebulous optimism paints the horizon shade, One lovely poison and my redeeming blade. Annihilated me in a gradual attitude, Branding me with the striving for true beatitude. Transforming the course of this ongoing strife. Bear heed; we've erred in our embrace of life. An intrinsic force swings toward nothingness. Support the quest to regain our historic willingness. Turning darkness into brightness, Thunderstorms scuttle in the wilderness. Crimson cascades swarm over azure nights, A huge upheaval sweeps the cosmos sights. Life pulsates with an electrifying rhythm, As the horizon ignites undeniably bright! This truth has weathered the test of time, And everything shifts into an exhilarating sight.
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