WELCOMING FLAGELLATION 

FROM ASHEN GUSTS 

BLOWING IN VEXATION

IF SACRIFICE IS DEVOTION 

I AM THE MARTYR OF THIS CAVE

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN 

IS MOURNED 

FAMILY AND LOVERS 

FRIENDS AND OTHERS 

PILGRIMAGES AND IDEAS 

HOPES AND FEARS

AS MY TOUCH MET IT 

LIGHTNING FROM THE NADIR 

FLOODGATES BURST

WALLS IMPLODED 

NO ONE COULD STOP 

HER COMBUSTION 

HER BURN 

HER FIRE 

HER DESTRUCTION

PIERCED AND PUNCTUATED 

ROOTED AND CROWNED 

GREETING WITH SOVEREIGNTY 

A ROLE DUTY BOUND

AS PEACE COMES AS EASILY AS BREATH 

BIRDSONG RISES FROM 

MY CHEST

THE SHADOWS DOTH FLEE 

TILL BREAK OF DAY 

THERE IS A NEW LANDSCAPE 

THE MOUNTAIN IS NEXT 

I SMILE AT THE ZENITH

I AM BONE I AM PLATEAU I AM FLESHLESSNESS

SOAKING INTO SHADOW

SAFETY, SHELTER 

AT WHATEVER COST 

TUNNEL VISION

DRENCHED IN DOOM

DONATED AND SUBSUMED 

'FOLLOW THE FROGS TO WATER,

THERE YOU WILL FIND LOVE'

THIS SPHERE OF LIGHT 

MAPPED THE WAY 

TO A CLEANSING WEIR 

RAPTUROUS 

VICTORIOUS 

GALVANIZED

A FIRE BLAZED 

IN SEARING HEAT 

TURRETS OF AMBER 

BLED DOWN 

BRICKS OF MOLDAVITE

THE SHORE SHARED ITS APPLAUSE 

THE SPIRUT TURNED TO ME 

AND TOLD ME TO LIVE 

BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS CANNOT 

AND DISSAPEARED 

INTO THE WIND