It occured to me recently that some of the most dangerous elements in the world are also the most beautiful and intriguing to watch. I think it makes for a great painting, but I wouldn't want to be there!

It's not all that easy to see beauty in fear,
frozen in time as your world disappears.
It is part of the message required by life,
to see the reality ~ sometimes played out as strife.

Why take a ride that is not very clear,
placed in the position of a forced volunteer.
Trying to taste the unquenchable thirst,
learning the lessons for better or worse.

It's actually an experience like cause & effect,
the power of fury …not yet learned to direct.
Most say the vision is hard and intense,
some see the light from its harsh consequence.

It's part of the test spent in this paradigm,
to feel the hot summer in the cold wintertime.
Seeing life's opposites is a lot to digest,
the inverse reflection that has not manifest.

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