In these days, locked up
Never let anyone in, secluded black
Open a slight creak and slam shut from within
Longer than ever realized in the tunnels of disarray

Open minded in the closed box of being
The random mass of a world, done, locked up
Darkness consumed, steel thyself, go on always
Never to be spoken in word, in mind’s brimstone fate

Floating in the lake of silence…of peace
Above, the suns, the stars, the black hole
Below, blurred vision of the jaded chasm
Shut eyes; look into thyself in shaded rest

Only in darkness have we fallen
The enigma that isn’t even there
Thrown in and by fate in circles
Cycling faces of joy and sorrow

Faces of the forgotten, remembered and true
Yet, there, nothing can ever be known to will
Always arm thyself with thy self-made shield
The armor of will and power and innocence

We, all go forward toward the shadows of dust and rock
Brace thyself in every breath in a second of sand
Strengthen your totality within the moments
Though blind, we can feel and felt within

Guided, flattered, swindled, learned in tempered jade
Learn the ways of thy beating heart
Without sight but pounding
Closed for thyself