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What a sight to behold

Familiar shapes reduced to dust

Unreal scenery

Unfolding before my eyes

Silence surrounding me

Never thought to witness it again

The maelstrom has passed

And left nothing behind

Suddenly I realize…

A path has been carved

Every obstacle

Has been cleared away

Did I summon

This violent storm?

Abrasive winds

Of corrosive nature

Disintegrating

Every layer

Dissolving

My burden

I’m free to leave and yet I remain

The roar of silence strikes fear into my heart

Dead air… is pushing me back

Stagnant… putrid smell

Suffocating… grip on my throat

Holding me down

I’m free to leave and yet I remain

The roar of silence strikes fear into my heart