The ground is fertile,
a seed is sown
A history laid down.

Deep within the growth,
genes interplay with environment.
From a breath, a being, unique in all creation.
Each may alter, each makes choices
Along the path.

The test comes - it always does -
but not in the bountiful fantasy of
a found Brigadoon rising from the mist.

Instead in the valley
where suffocating fear fills the chest
and the gift of immortality
offers a terrible beauty,
tenticles reaching, engulfing.

There, you may cast your eyes
Cast your heart
Cast your soul
And know - the shining beacon of goodness.