the human condition

the lofty stance
an edifice unstable
crumbles when tested

spiritual heart unbound
when scarred by ego
recedes in the void

wisps of straw
to which we cling
self-imposed hypnosis 

dreams within dreams
deepens our trance
darkness reigns
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