The silky rays of light
flood through my house
i watch the murky shadows fall away
The sounds of morning start to escalate
is this the life i am meant to have?
As I take my life into my hands
i start to quiver and shake
i trace the scars with my fingertips
the memories of a forgotten past
whispered in my ear
How do i move on
when all that i think of
is the past i cant undue?
Can i just flap my arms
like a bird and leave behind the pain?
Or like a tree
Do i have to stay rooted
to the once upon a time from which i grew?
Fragments of my old broken life
slip into the new
like sand held too tight
draining through my fingers.
i didn't realize
how hard i was holding on
to something that was no longer there
until i got the courage
to open my eyes....
