Sacrifice

Written by Jacob Ibrag

Close your eyes, scatter away into your mind.

Become your own architect. Brick by brick, don’t

build yourself up again. The opposite. Tear down your

old foundation. Grab a shard and stare at your fractured

reflection. Now look past the person in the mirror. Become

the caterpillar that sacrifices its bare back so untried wings

can erupt from its skin. Breathe for the promise of flight and

allow it to keep you alive. Internalize yesterdays life and never

forget the path that brought you towards your need to strive.

Open those untrained eyes and forgive those that have yet

to sacrifice. They don’t know what you know, and that’s

alright. Metamorphosis will engulf each of them. No

one remains anonymous unless they’re seven feet

deep sheltered forever in a wasteland.

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Photographer Unknown