Challenging the Mirror

Deepening my answers Another challenger awakes To reveal to me my shadows To then witness my mistakes Always I had listened In close proximity To self-inflicted violence To the end of harmony Casting shadows in the sunlight I was trapped within the walls Where a child then controlled me Until the buildings grew too tall My darkness took this moment Of self-deceiving fear To climb above my reason And to whisper in my ear “All shadows are connected” He showed me this is true “And whatever you’ve inflicted Is the dead reflection of your youth” I woke up then to realise Several centuries had passed And all within five years The walls had gone at last Deepening this vision The challenger draws breath Now walking through the mirror My shadow exerts the pain that’s left