Rebuilding as you speak .

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Rebuilding as you speak

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A seed, through sun and moisture in the cradle of dark matter learns to sprout from its mother: to endure, learns from its father. Who obeys parental heeding rises further, tender seedling now become in watchful shadows under blanket of the meadows beacon of undying hope. Through triumphs thrive and travails cope, you dawning light, you fledgling oak: how many trunks lie bent and broken 'neath the soil's skin, a token of vicissitude? Such will not be you. Destined pine, to break the bitter winter— sing through blizzard ever, evergreen. Skyward reach and root toward earth-center, you, who life redeem and death demean. Hold your enemies by brightest shine upon the vestibule of portal thine; bar the entry vigilant with grace to any parasite who upon face beaming with radiance would gladly spit; keeping your spirit bright and lantern lit. And when it happens, as it surely will that you not heed my words, and an evil encroaches on your heart and makes life bleak; remember to re-light the hearth with flame and let the glory of your given name sing resonance, rebuilding as you speak.

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Through many a long season's turn I have held fast upon the earth and steeled my bark against the axe and held my peace against the blast of northern wind, but now long life weighs down on me, and I relax defenses for a second's split and realize old curses writ by enemies that enter. Deep unto the shattered fibers of my vain-impatterned grains come crawling the abysmal ones to seek unto the heartwood. You termite, woodworm, enemy come eat away, devour me; you lay me open, waiting for the elements to end me. And into spinning torpor I am launched by pain, a stupor of delusion, blessed visions come and make their visitations smooth upon my inner eye. I see senseless and euphoric, the pristine and the disfigured forms of fantasy bucolic, writhing spectres of derision, blooming scenes of wicked paradox that seek to blind already lost in further dimming gloam. Then a voice comes through the darkness as recede the hued delusions to intone the prophecy that long ago was laid on me: Destined pine, to break the bitter winter— sing through blizzard ever, evergreen. Skyward reach and root toward earth-center, you, who life redeem and death demean. Hold your enemies by brightest shine upon the vestibule of portal thine; bar the entry vigilant with grace to any parasite who upon face beaming with radiance would gladly spit; keeping your spirit bright and lantern lit. And when it happens, as it surely will that you not heed my words, and an evil encroaches on your heart and makes life bleak; remember to re-light the hearth with flame and let the glory of your given name sing resonance, rebuilding as you speak. And I awoke, epiphany unlocked by benediction gentle of healing chemistry: a simple realization, and let the soul, rebuilding ever gild my wounds, and seal the sever, blight expel, and brightly beckon day, again to love and reckon. ___ ![topshatteredpost 5.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/HOmZSu5i-top-shattered-post205.jpeg) ___ ![fencerough.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dpend.active/9mPUTqGu-fence-rough.jpeg) ___ ![topshatteredpost 2.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/XtUd4bPe-top-shattered-post202.jpeg) ___ _ - This post is entirely original content - _ — _ - created by Daniel Pendergraft - _ — _ - _ — and published on-chain — _ - _ _ - — - _ — April 18, 2020. - _ - — - _ ___ ![topshatteredpost.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/2l2QMZhH-top-shattered-post.jpeg) ___ ![sideshatteredpost.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dpend.active/FuI8xFWL-side-shattered-post.jpeg)