#this is precisely it

Come and look deep in its waters,” said He

“And I’ll drink with you if you’ll drink it with me,

And the more you drink of it, the more you will see.

“One cup for the price all who drink here must pay:

Once you start to See, there’s no turning away.

What’s seen can’t be unseen, the images stay

At the back of your eyelids by night and by day.

“One cup for confusion, the choices you make

Seeing all of the forks in the road you may take;

Always aware of how much is at stake

On the path that you choose, and the ones you forsake.

“One cup for the burden of knowing too much,

No longer with blissful nescience as crutch;

One cup for the loss of the common man’s touch,

That’s set apart by the vision you clutch.

“One cup for the thirst that grows as you drink,

One thought needs the next as a link needs a link. 

One cup for desire, to step on the brink.

As the water wells upward, and let yourself sink. 

“One cup for ecstasy, rapture of sight,

Grasping the World in a swirl of delight

The veil drawn away, all aspects unite,

Translucent reality, clarity’s height. 

“One cup for wisdom, your boon, to remain

When your vision at last fades to normal again. 

One last cup I raise with you, to the Norn’s skein

That binds us both to this gift won with pain. 

“Come to the Well, to the Well at the Tree

Come and look deep in its waters,” sid He

“And I’ll drink with you, if you’ll drink it with me.

And the more you drink of it, the more you will see.”