Triumphant

Dark abyss

toes curl over the edge

vertigo

looking over

should I fall

or back away.

Depths of blackness

clothed in hair shirt

chastising self 

sins not my own

muddied tears fall

so much easier to….. 

let go.

Eyes flutter open

heart

pounding

drenched in sweat

with fear.

Time I want not to return

time where I resided

died within

withered arms of deranged lover

who beat me

whispered

perverted words of love

I believed

for I had no one.

It took a leap

into ebony fissure

flowing liquid over cracked face

riding the wind

accepting

collecting

damaged parts of myself

amalgamating

into…..

flawed beauty.

Renewal of life

light

within

reaching for dreams

soaring

I am alive again.

©Jan. 2/20

Picture is mine