-I am working through the drafting process on this one. When I write, I like to work through a few drafts, playing with perspective, tone, and structure. Right now this poem is going through a bit of a fragmented phase. In this version, I am trying to maintain the lyrical qualities while discerning the places in which something more needs to occur.

Rise to drink the elixir of  Kailas before the first rays of dawn forever alter it.

Chant from texts and divine a time before the printed page demanded a certain weight, and divinity rose from the universe within.

Bathe in oils of amber and the sandalwood saints who wax awakenings of ascended masters.

Then walk to your own precipice with each step offer a mantra of awareness.

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She rises in the early hours to drink of Kailas before the red of dawn forever alters it.

She chants from texts in a tongue divining a time before the printed page, demanded a certain weight, and transcendence arose from the universe within.

Alone, she bathes in oils of amber and the sandalwood saints wearing awakenings of ascended masters.

Walking to her precipice, a pause and then with each step she offers a mantra of awareness.