~ Phoboparádoxa Kríseōs Agōnos ~

~ Phoboparádoxa Kríseōs Agōnos ~

~ The Paradox of Fear at the Moment of Judgement ~ ~ Φοβοπαράδοξα Κρίσεως Ἀγῶνος ~

they keep

offering paths

endless paths

each hero swears their way will keep you alive

they show you

what they can see they shield you from

what they cannot

because you cannot see you cannot move

their paths preserve you they preserve your fear

they keep the darkness just outside your closed eyes as

a warning and call

this safety

the presence is

everywhere you are forbidden

to look around every corner at every dead end just beyond everything you can see

it is never closer than when your eyes are closed

it does not offer a path it knows it cannot escape the maze

it offers itself hoping to explore new routes formed by your mind

what once seemed a monster is met now as an old friend

to embrace it is

to be seen standing with what others came to destroy

the heroes will turn

they will say you have aligned with the monster

they will say you are the monster

this is the only way not to lose yourself not to lose your mind

even if you never leave the labyrinth

you understand then why the heroes keep coming

they are still mapping their own darkness

by choosing not to flee yours you become

the one thing they could not find

a reference point

a signal a light in the dark

the labyrinth flexes

the maze of your mind bends

the bowstring of your soul is drawn so tight you could break at any moment

you stand arrow leveled

not toward hostile salvation not toward the monster of your darkened reflection

toward a truth

the truth it was never about escaping the maze

the truth you were never in the maze

the maze is in you

not yours alone

every mind you touched left a passage

every fear you carried interwove with another

what you called your labyrinth was already braided with countless others

shifting adapting learning

you were not lost inside it

it may have been lost in you

the maze is maddening fear

the labyrinth is enduring knowledge

knowledge

is telos perfect aim

the arrow is released