Viduus:
The resonating glow, of being, of light inside this soul,
soon to be on its own.
I've realized the unquestionable,
discovery of relation to the one naive in this all
He:
This hell I cannot fathom
Of what purpose are we here? I no longer understand
significance at play unclear
How a room of trapped light will bring me home?
Give me form, to re-enter
my world
Viduus:
Remove the veil, enlightened mind.
Revealing true form, the sight for blind.
You will see you will feel it all. I will take you there.
Eyes of the Ancients, in the place of your own.
Remove the veil, the holy perception
Consuming, your hollow soul.
Resistance saved you, now you will see all that you have yet to know
All will be answered, stay composed
He: What are you, where are you taking me now?
No longer will I blindly follow.
Viduus: Viduus thy name, the omni-seperator.
For those who fall I divide their souls,
extraction as flesh dissolves.
He: I only wish to know, where my body lays as of now,
learning all that you saw.
Reanimate the lifeless, exit the vast depths of this void,
take me there
for I am ready.. to go.
Viduus:
Remove the veil, bear flesh to soul
Revealing true form, to learn all I know
Eyes of the ancients, await your own
Prepare to go, back to death, back to your home.
[The mirror unveiled, I see my reflection for the first time; a
recollection]
He:
For I once felt pain
Once felt whole
Viduus:
You must embrace the path of the soul
He:
For now that I am nothing, nebulous result
Take me back I wish to feel it all.
Once more.
[gazing onward my reflection dissolves into a faint tunnel of light,
stepping through the mirror, ever towards the sun]
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