Ronnie Kerrigan - Carapace

If sanity is to survive,
The tender, shivering soul must be protected
Like an amicable affair.
A façade against
An outside, hostile world.

A carapace must be erected -
A marble wall to conceal thought
Of social inferiority,
Distorted imperfection
And inherited burden.

Search for the field of light celadon green
And seek the nine daughters of Zeus.
If you capture their aura
You are surely blessed,
For they arise and evaporate
In the flicker of an eye.

Search for the daughters of Memory.
Accept the gifts they bestow -
Imagination, creativity and dreams.
Above all, seek shelter for your soul,
For destiny has condemned mankind to deception.

Ronnie Kerrigan

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