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one black point

in an ocean of light

swallowed in fire

gradient bursts

and curtain shimmers

of colored waves

in the eye of the flame

the center void and dilating

devouring the sight

it calls out

for my blood

to hold me

in its stare.

newborn and empty

mirror, mask, and shade.

formed of nothing,

folded into my shape

i embrace another self

and disappear.