Crystallization

Liquid Swim through this fluidity of mind Open Embrace mutability divine Unbeknownst to us we begin We begin our dance Our dance with death Unbeknownst to us we begin We begin our dance Our dance with death Refract Words as light, their angles sharpening Harden Truth and lies as one, crystallizing Unbeknownst to us we begin We begin our dance Our dance with death Mirror Reflection inspires introspection Crystal Chilling stare that lacks all affection Unbeknownst to us we begin We begin our dance Our dance with death Perhaps there's no answer Possibly, these lines don't intersect Except at some strange place That we will never Memory Remind me who I am Shades of sunset paint your face Perhaps there's no answer Possibly, these lines don't intersect Except at some strange place That we will never Here Deep in the wood Stands a tree where I once stood Presence towering Dead No longer flowering Branches carve a fractal in the sky Wrapping around By the serpent vines they're bound They're devouring Darkness overpowering All resilience fades now into gray Turning away As the night envelops day What just might have been Something so benevolent Transformed into something so austere Do you recall? Something? Anything at all? What you once had been? Before you were captive in Gnarled prison Fortress arboresque Leave the crying for the weak Be the refuge that you seek Grant no one entry To this conjured world so bleak And it's wrapping all around Stifles sight and snuffs out sound What I've created Rooted firmly in the ground