What was the reason they said
a choice was made
with assuredness
though this revelation
casts a new shadow
upon all
the land

reveal this essence
some truth unknown
an explorer who's
awakened
into absolute light
though this place
of transcendence
wasn't peaceful

betrothed to doubt,
the brave one
who ventured forth
into this unknown
convinced by
intuition
to take this
crimson pill

a desperate struggle
a clarity of the cage
awakened into
a cell
of the most complex
and dangerous
prison

this entity, this animal
the lion that devours
and wants your energy,
your mind
and soul
with no sparing
of any fragment
of your being

awaken, and reveal
a reality designed
to consume,
your light,
this sacred
and delicate
essence
that must
be
kept
alive