Awakened from restless sleep
Submerge in an effort to escape the traces
Of hellish and bewildering dreams

Warmth generated from without
Cools as I don something to maintain it
Leave the steamy momentary existence

Wander, I do, In the dark
Search for a chalice
To quench my thirst

Find it I do and cherish it deeply
Move to a place to sort through my emotions
Write, I do, for a time to find peace

Conflicted and anxious for no seeming reason
Then memory returns, there is much at the core
But time’s passing will release me

Until then the answers within will await
As the morsel of gratitude is swallowed in defense
To quell the urges of a wound left festering

I feel it take hold
Both disgusted and appreciative
Temporary relief, a moment's salvation

I sit and just ponder
What the next moment will bring
A sip from my chalice and I let it all go

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