"Shove another dragon down a hole."
Trying not to slip in the mud under my feet
Missing, no, craving soft sighs and warm comfort
I didn't know what an opiate it was, and how
Wracking the sweats and shivers of withdrawal would be.
Two-step sideways to find my own ground
I will find it in myself
Cut strings, cut loose, cut down and out.
This is my chance, my day to see a light of my own.
To find somewhere besides the mirror-screen of someone else's eyes.
It's a murky hope, but I am steeled and ready,
A "lion-hearted girl" today.
I'll find my way up through the water and the weeds,
A way, if only to slow my drowning.
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