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unquiet and burdened

remorseful, racked by doubt

can you shed the painful cast

and be reborn



assailed and beleaguered

embraced, sacrificed

can you shed your painful past

and be reborn

from a night never ending

from stillness devoid of light

we are alive

vast horizons roll in

dissipating the mist

unimpeded to shine

from the deepest of trenches

from the darkest of times

alive!

and it beggars belief

the way it elevates

our levity

in the face of defeat