Awakening

I am tenacious,

I prevail.

Though the dark void surrounds me, I ignite a fire inside and shine.

Yet - shadows grip me in their hands.

Flame, rage, and anger consumed, ashes I become.

My heart feels like a dark abyss,

the weight of the world on my shoulders.

My tears create an ocean of pain.

Grief flows through my veins and becomes my lifeline.

As I drown in my tears, 

I find it hard to think of joyful memories.

The water awashes me until I think no life is left...

Yet, a single breath comes from my lungs as I sink to the depths of the sea.

I realize I must swim,

so up to the surface I rise.

I gasp as air fills my chest.

Floating in the sea of my tears, I find hope inside;

a newfound courage;

a strength to survive.

From my back sprout a pair of wings,

and I soar into the dark sky like a phoenix from the ashes.

My body starts to glow with power and might.

All the shadows that once were

are no more as the sun finally shines through the abyss.

Buried in fear I once was,

consumed in stress,

and forged in hatred.

But not anymore.

My shadows will always follow me,

but will never again steal my light.

For I have awoken,

and will never be broken,

again.