I have broken through the membrane that held me within
and shaken loose the fluids that drowned me so
I have taken my first breath of fresh, free air
and now possess a liberty that is unequaled in this plane
I have been bathed in an effulgence that once blinded me
By prevailing through the abyss I saw, see, and have seen
All the former selves laid out before me and euthanized
I have put on the baggy pants of wisdom and will grow into them
Just like mom said, they'll look nice when I fill out
I have rolled up the sleeves of my understanding
and seen my heart naked and beating rhythmically
For my erstwhile destiny I shed no tears
My desiccated oculus I have removed and replaced
With an akoya pearl and a boulder opal
My blood has been poured out and has become astatine
I breathe only in the vacuum
I sense the breadth of it all
I grasp the width
I am its volume
Paramount motive,
Remain thus
Proceed not
Be in the all encompassing right now, eschew the past, circumvent the future
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