Peripheral Dreams

No one ever told me
Grief felt so like fear
Consumed by anger and hatred
Noone can take away your pain

I unchain
And forgive
For own need
And for you

Returning home, to the pain
From the ashes, we will connect
The seemingly unconnected
From the ashes, we will build our empire
We will look outside, we will dream
We will look inside, we will awake

Forgiving what should be forgiven
Abandoning what should be abandoned

Choosing curiosity over shame
And welcoming pain
I grow and return

We stepped into twilight
And stood on shoulders of giants
As we quenched our thirst
In waters of forbidden knowledge

We raised monuments of stone
And burned ritual fires
As we drew our last breaths
In the cool autumn dusk