Cradle of Tides
terrorized to continuance
of nightmare and fugue
among monsters and trolls
shills and catastrophe profiteers
transcendence unnatural
selection twisted
nucleus and code infected
mutated and decayed
dank cells
water-log
burst
reanimate
Frankenstein
at infinitum
never
will his creation
find its bride
the grotesque
exists in isolation
no matter its girth
its reach
carnivorous clutching
no matter how immense
eventually consumes itself
from the outside in
dissolve that heavy skin
your dark doppelgänger
your façade double
your dark passenger
your nightmare twin
viability of the innocent
dis-armoured and forever young
is found within the stream
consciousness and flow
immersed in the wake
with stroke and surrender
enlightened and afloat
the lunar balm
rippled whispers
soothe to solution
coax and cradle
the eternal tide of
balance and evolution
False Skin
So take hold
Go on now; reach deep within
Peel back the deceptive dermis
It only feels like skin
Grit your teeth at the pity
Sharpness dulled by soft truth
Oh-so-sweet, vulnerability
Shed the brittle shell
Bare your soul, scars, and sinew
Be brave; the blood, the shame
Washed away with a tear …
Okay, maybe two
5
The Tao is not governed
By concepts of good and evil
She gives birth to all
The master is not blinded
By concepts of good and evil
He seeks the center
He honours the Tao
Link for spoken word
The sky and ocean cannot be grasped
They are ever-changing, formless
Such is the Tao
The land can be held and formed
But only for a time
The tighter you hold
The more rigid you form
The more painful when
The land will not be held
The land will not be formed
The more you insist you know
The less you know the Tao
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