Concrete writing Lungs filled with fluid We Shift our attention To the narrowing of consciousness We need to breathe but can't Amid the sycophants and drowning egos All we see is steam Rising from a vat beneath the ocean floor We descend into the memory of endings Gone are ego’s longings for superiority We are shedding again Making room for our hearts to grow by being broken God knows we’ve tried enough So now we must let go and face the depth of our suffering A symbolic death A friend An initiation into mind beyond ego We are echos of another time We are lines hidden behind Signs we've traced in the sand She said, I can’t understand anything you’ve said But still I’d love to go to bed with you again Someday