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From Dark to light

Part 1

 

I am blind

There is a darkness

It resides deep in my mind

Pitch black

A million screams

Stolen breath

Peace I cannot find

 

Puppet strings

A piece of me for everyone

Lifeless toy

For the taking

No repercussions

Except for me

In the cold

I bare the weight

While they

Walk towards the sun

 

Damage done

I reek of it

Disaster

Disappointment

Broken shards of life scattered at my feet

Chaos unfolding for the one hundredth time

Blood droplets

Purple markings

Rage

Tears

Rage

Tears

F*cking rage!

 

A life lived in turmoil

Body broken

Too many times to count

Salvation questionable

Empty hands exposed

Reaching

Pleading

Body cold as ice

Silent screams abound

Save the beast

 

Part Two

 

And then

A voice

From distant places

Not of this reality

A faint glimmer of light

Breaks through the haunting darkness

Interest piqued

Hope held high

Yet walls still high as heaven

 

Words like tiny fractures

Fragments falling

Piles from the past

The wall begins to fall

Crumbled bits of broken dreams

Broken bones

Lay forgotten at my feet

 

A spark of heat

Eyes wide open

Is this reality

A warmth beyond comprehension

Am I deserving

A hand expressed

Immediate fear

The wall not fully shattered

A word is spoken

That unearthly voice

Like music to my apocolypse

 

I am redeemed

Lifted out of chaos

The wall surrendered

To the nothing that was me

Ascension

There is a light

I can see

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Written by
TheCagedBird
32 / F / Florida
Published
May 10, 2018
Lines·Words
76·243
Notes

Inspired by the many physically and emotionally abuse relationships from my childhood into my early adulthood and in honor of my now husband who literally saved me, coming into my life during a very crucial time and showed me a whole new life.

Tags
#abuse#life#change#ascension#hope#love#perseverance
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