Passing images in the mind unable to escape the trail I once left behind

Fully aware of the sun peaking through my sorrowful heart

Almost lost my footing once before, never to slip so far into the abyss again

A blood vow to the spirit within
The childlike freedom of expression

Face paint of words of truth, self efficacy, love and pain

All inscribed

Non erasable

So I stop scrubbing and massage each word spoken, lived, triumphed over and sit back to watch the horizon