Paradigms

Caught here in these nebulous planes of capsized consciousness

Musings have lost their lustre, at exile in the now and after

Verging between ages of turbulence and outbursts of fleeting calm

Silent expedient motion, the inert drive of these limbs that shiver

Vessels of light and strength dissolve in the bowels where affliction thrives

And murmured prayer to a lord beyond only withers any scattered remnants of faith

In the end surrendered to the tyranny of the truculent selft

Caving in to stealth and lies, diving head first into cosmic divide

Stripped away from the flame of elation

A stark wholeness that can freeze the skin

All trust placed in the vastness of time

Inner deconstruct, reset and release

Sleepwalking through life, blind to the currents and neon signs

Through arrogant kindness, paradigm shifts and fractured attempts to exalt the mind

Here in this dark night, the parasite ego must finally subside

Strangle its sense of whole, watch it drown so you may rise

Destroying every damning trigger

Burning all symbols so they may flow pure

Through the fields of the unseen

To transmute and dissolve

Time erases nothing

The sun will no longer shine

Tomorrow will not be brighter

Your eyes will truly open as you pass through the flames

Head to the light

When the days get darker

When the nights grow colder

When the beasts grow wilder

And the end looms closer

Head to the light