Madness

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Sorrow, a silent weaver of time's tapestry, threads its way through the lineage of souls. Patiently, it waits for a somber legacy, for the bearer strong enough to embrace its roles. Our struggle, a dance with shadows of evasion, from ancestors who turned blind eyes to yore. Yet suffering, a persistent and stark persuasion, demands its due and refuses to be ignored.

In the cycle's turn, a new life takes the stage, cradled with the rich gift of feeling's range. A mystic gathering, keepers of wisdom's page, guardians of truths that the unseen arrange. They speak of mental battles with labels worn, depression, anxiety, and names society has torn. Yet within these souls, a deeper sense is born, the blessed curse of emotions deeply sworn.

For what is healing but the art of attention? To mend the wounds, one must first acknowledge them. Ignoring the pain only extends its dimension, leaving the heart in perpetual bondage. I've walked the path of release and reconciliation; with those whose actions birthed my deepest strife. A journey through the aftermath of their creation, the lingering echoes that cut like a knife.

Will they ever comprehend the scope of their storm? the depth of the scars etched by their form?The agony of remembrance, relentlessly reborn, a question unanswered, a normative transformation. So here I stand, amid the echoes and the pain, navigating a history, not mine but imposed. A quest to find peace, to cleanse the stain, in the tapestry of sorrow, intricately composed.

Will they ever be able to comprehend the magnitude of the storm? The unrelenting ferocity that they have unleashed, the unrelenting wind. A storm that is not caused by nature but rather by cruel deeds, leaving behind a trail of scars and being difficult to contain. The extent of the wounds, which were engraved by their shape, reveals a landscape that has been transformed and is not typical. In a multitude of ways, each mark is a tale, a memory that endures, and a testimony to experiencing agony.

Are they starting to feel the effects of the storm that they have sown?  There were reverberations in the bone that were quiet. Or does ignorance obscure their vision, rendering them oblivious to the predicament that awaited them in the aftermath?  Nevertheless, hope mutters softly, like a dream from a considerable distance, that one day they will see, and one day they will glean. Considering the magnitude of their storm and the extent of the wound,

In light of this knowledge, maybe the mar can be healed. Because the journey of empathy's embrace is where one discovers the power and grace that have been lacking in their life. To have an understanding of the storms that they create, and to start again with that knowledge.

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