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Lightness By Choice

by CocoDensmore

My thoughts are dark, ominous Apprehension floods my mind A dark tunnel no light No end The plane lifts Flies As always I fear it will not Why does it matter? I do not cling to my life I want peace The peace of non existence Juxtaposed with the desire to persist To remain present in the physical I vacillate What do I want most? My mind wants the peace of death My body chooses life Matter over mind Is that a light far ahead? Or is my mind playing tricks Again? Is the trick lightness or dark? What happens next is mystery Today I persevere, just today I choose One day, in the tomorrow My lightness goes dark Will I go dark by choice? Does lightness follow dark by choice? Best to walk it through Until my appointed time If I am at all able
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Jan 20, 2021
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