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Darkened alleyways,
echoing footsteps afar.
Growling,
hissing,
shadowy demons midway.
Lion’s den,
saber-tooth woolly mammoth.
Reality skewed,
fantasy-land abound.
Once darkened,
scary,
creaking steps afoot.
Into the dungeon,
hell and high waters.
No longer so,
immunized,
vaccination of one’s mind.
Fighting any tigers,
rather inward journey.
Losing one’s shit,
never really having it at all.
Answered,
questions remaining.
No thing…
more scary,
corner of self & mastery.

~Ani Po