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out of the eater

something to eat

out of the strong

something sweet

bitter is the light that fails

kept at bay by the storm of its lack, its lack

thus brittle is the hope that the white element

will not one day fade to black

better is the singularity

that weathers the crest to trough

than the multiplicity

to bend is to break - now hard, then soft

shadow fleshes into figure

figure flattens into shadow

alpha omega

solstice equinox

wolf in sheep's clothing

janus paradox

heavier is the psyche

that suffers the knowledge of gravity

but being is light and nothing is not

fulfillment mirrors depravity

long is the path that cuts the abyss

'tween inflection and reflection

from cathexis to catharsis

metamorphosis and correction

such as each one comes

so does each one die

so will each one

and with the widening sum

the heart learns to pine

such as each one comes

so does each one die

am becoming...unbecoming

am becoming...unbecoming

untangle the double helix

at only my behest

unbind dizzying omnivectors

of astral void

i bring this request

all of the water

all of the earth

all of the planets

all that it's worth

all of the skies

to world's tip

which is the anchor

which is the ship

all that is right

all that is wrong

all that is here

all that is gone

all that is sundered

all that is wed

which is the stand

which is the fled

all that is naught

all that is still

all that is empty

all that is filled

all that is nine

all that is ten

which is the hand

which is the pen

which is the fuel

which is the burn

which is the wheel

which is the turn

which is the oyster

which is the pearl

which is the living

and which is its world

i stood by the ocean

the great divider

i bring a request

i am life aware

the great combiner

i bring a request

let significance dominate material

i am impossible atoms adhered

unfathomably small, humanoid

at wave's crest