The Great Escape

Dark ferality
slow strangulation
spiralling desire
shrouding us in fear
of our own making

No cure in sight
we slip in gloom
shadows seem real
noose around neck

In stillness 
we embrace
love divine

Presence
then feels

Bliss

05-October-2020
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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