Word of the Day Challenge Poem #32 (Untitled)

When unfettered

when time unfolds

peace comes to heart

desirous new needs

felt

found

I am who I am meant to be.

Confident?

One might think

yet I am not.

No longer is there a voice

no longer do I berate

but critical

oh yes

I struggle with…….

acceptance 

of what I see in the mirror.

Afraid?

No longer

never again

for I am strong

for I am love

for the nightmare has been banished

sent on its way.

Sometimes though

in the dark of night

the nightmare returns

causing me to scream in fright.

To beg 

for help that never arrives.

Lost?

Never again

no longer.

For I know who I am

I know the path that I must walk

how to get where I need to be.

Once I was…..

lost that is…..

wandering

alone

unaccepting

hiding from all the pain.

All of this…..

the ideas

the emotions

foreign to me.

What I have found

a bone deep happiness

settling in

taking over.

Once there was pain.

Once there was fear.

Once….. 

I could only numb

my mind.

©May 19/19