In a life mastered, I pushed and created friction that would generate the light of an inferno of being who would show up to illuminate not only the present but also generations deep. 

I could have lived an entire life without knowing the true intrinsic working and ways of my being. 

I could have slowly evolved and never have had to  been stripped down to the primal essence of myself and all that is

I could have. 

But I didn't. 

and I'm glad.