Stark Declaration

In stark and brilliant declaration

Without the once constant covering of stress

The brilliance once encumbered shines

No longer masked by conviction of mores folly

And with my mind no more confined

I find that joy is most majestic

The dark and gleaming shade of fear

Once laminating every thought

With every moment laced with risk

The bliss unsullied by protective layers

And thus is life deemed more expensive

Myself becoming more impassioned