Nature of the Beast

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The beast bites the hand
taught to feed and stroke its mane
the wild creed and lash
can't be tamed chained nor retrained
hunger defeats any pause

each person harbors
a beast that they dare not rouse
that prowls through their dreams
for denial whets their fangs
and strokes more intense hunger

I know all its words
I share its profound dark breaths
I walk where it stalks
know that its way is ruin
but the beast is my shadow

I forged my own beast
as a dark-born reflection
a natural kin
to unmask the buried truth
I learn in no other way

we meet by its fire
to combine our restless breaths
feel our pulses match
trade discord for true accord
and turn our truce into peace

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