journey to being

our first ever one way trip was conception

thrust from loins to life pilgrimage

where silent paths beckon

in melodies so seductive

we bite

as fleeting as hope

arrives melancholy

for in life’s journey we are mere host

pawns to be moved when picked and

only placed down by hands greater than ours

pieces of a puzzle too grandiose to know

all owners of lands we do not control

with foreign soil and arid plains

the deeds are locked away

erudite beast lurks within

seeking answers uncharted as we traverse

through grounds that rumble hungry for rapture

crimson flecked cobblestone glares

flame under our bare feet

to melt this flesh in deeper bondage

air laden with smoke exhaled

led deeper into ourselves by life

our beings learn to be malleable

now when darkness comes

inevitable opaque ebony

we respawn from it

persistent

until null