prison break

The rain falls hard

The cold, unyielding persistence of memory

Unleashing a billion tiny daggers of awareness

Piercing my frail defenses

Flooding my senses

Drowning my brain in white noise

Forcing its way through cracks

in my crumbling Fortress of Shadows

Conspiring to undo this warm cocoon of denial

This familiar prison of ritual self-abuse

Shedding useless, ill-fitting armor

Seeking Clarity over Confusion

Hope over Despair

I stand naked

As the rain pours in

Washing away my sins

and All that I must leave behind

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