part savage, part human

 

A raw and redemptive, 

jagged lullaby wrapped 

        in grit and grace.

 

Confronting primal origins 

of beauty, tracing how chaos, 

trauma, and history's rough edges 

are not just background noise, 

 

but the very instruments 

in life’s symphony. 

Pain isn’t just a prelude to joy—

it’s part of the composition. 

 

This poem, insistent: 

what is beautiful isn’t 

in spite of the brokenness, 

but because of it. 

 

That’s where its power hits hardest—

where rock and roll meets requiem, 

and we stand, animal, mostly human, 

made whole through noise and nerve.

 
 
 
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