I
A new sky ignited
rippling
shimmering
enrapturing
glowing
A new garden alive
creating
nurturing
flowering
growing
A new people born
seeing
touching
hearing
tasting
breathing
The sacred covenant imparted
caring
sharing
believing
trusting
committing
II
Then
the here and there
the this and that
the his and hers
the yours and mine
the theirs and ours
the winning and the losing
Thus
is unleashed the duality
confusion and fear
anguish and greed
terror and vengeance
the rift of primal separation
Thus
the emergence
of the empowered wrath
of the magnificent dragon beast
scratching clawing
seething writhing
conniving plotting
treacherous and betrayed
Trust defiled
the circle crushed
innocence shattered
the promises forgotten
the sacred covenant broken
III
Cast out of the cradle
enshrouded in numbing darkness
tortured by
white lightning needle pricks
stinging stabbing
deeply into shredded festering
incredulously blind
weeping deadened eyes
What power can wipe these tears
what power can heal this sting
of those tender deceitful lies
of being crushed by the purity
of ones own trusting
The wizened and hardened heart
imploding into itself
with ever increasing density
with the incessant pounding
of each wistful fleeting fading hope
as it is mocked with relentless
calculated deception and deceit
What power can fill this heart with compassion
what power can heal the anguish of this agony
of forever remembering what might have been
Such unquenchable searing rage
lunging mercilessly from out of the gaping rift
sucking the light of life unto the darkened cavern
lapping up purity gentleness and serenity
with enormous insatiable gluttony
forging magnanimous catacombs
dripping with perverse seduction
What holy text
what sacred hymn
what heroic sacrifice
can absorb the anguish
of this fomenting spewing
forge of sorrow
What holy text
what sacred hymn
what heroic sacrifice
can reclaim the healing light
from out of the eternal misery
of shame gone rampant
IV
From the festering twisted power
of its own vengeful cauldron
comes the mysterious the miraculous
replosion of divine grace
When the longing battered soul
can no longer endure
the oppression of the darkness
from within and from without
then will spark that comforting
long forgotten but familiar light
From the crucifixion within the crucible
will come the igniting force
the critical mass
that melts away
all that has been unclean
Then shall appear
again and forever more
the delightful radiant sight
the Rahj Adman
reaffirming and reclaiming
The embattled soul
dancing with unprecedented
wisdom devotion and power
an eternal conflagration
of blissful unquenchable delight
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