Yep....that age-old predicament....
When he, ....the warrior who's lost his way, finds himself
in the clutches of defeat...

Those walls closing in,...

Those waters rising to the extent of complete submersion,...

Those fangs of the most celebrated feline champion writhing with moisture as
a considerably-sized portion of meat is tossed into the lion's den.......

Even in the midst of all this, he, our warrior of this tale, ..stands resolute
as though all is well, ...as though there is no such thing as the brink of life.....

Will he survive?,

one way or another that answer is yes...

But of greater concern is this warrior's tendency to repeatedly place himself, if voluntarily, into the jaws of the
lion's den...
why?......

Are the sugars of adrenaline so sweet as to blur the lines of self-preservation?...

A Ronin's dilemma........

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"You can take an African out of Africa, but you can't take Africa out of the African"
Afro-Americana/Afro-Caribbana/Afro-Latino unite. We are ALL Black!

I appreciate this writing on so many levels. As we all can fall short in our human form our spiritual being makes us aware we are not alone. Sometimes defeat and desperation help us rise above the challenges. Our surrender creates serenity.

“Writing is a potion of devotion, magical, mysterious and mighty” Desta

"Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore. ”
Zora Neale Hurston

Thas' peace right there.

I can def' dig your perspective on that, nahmean.

Peace & Respect.

*Daps

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"You can take an African out of Africa, but you can't take Africa out of the African"
Afro-Americana/Afro-Caribbana/Afro-Latino unite. We are ALL Black!