giving up everything

giving up everything

my hungry ghost of hopefulness. giving up everything

not haunted by wanting this. giving up everything

the fortune i was saving. giving up everything

i mercy-killed my craving. giving up everything

i've opened up my eyes for this. giving up everything

see the whole magnificent emptiness. gave what i want for how it is

for the stone inside and the bitterness

for the sweetness at the core of it. giving up everything

the master plan

the scheming. giving up everything

my cursed search for meaning. giving up everything

the compass and the map i was reading. the hinterlands i'm leaving

i'm finally leaving behind. giving up everything

the big to-do

the hullabaloo

the tug-of-war for some twisted truth. for the everlasting ache of it

no longer slave

not chained to it

no gate

no guard

no keeper

no guru

master

teacher. see the slow-receding faces

dissolve to black

no traces.