Slowly I awaken
I learned to walk sleeping
My halfsleep a means to survive
The pain. The sadness. The fear.
My honor stolen before I could name it
my childhood sullied with memories unfit for the light
My
dictionary rewritten...mother...father..sister...
Love
My nightmares made real
Fears realized are so hard to unlearn
Pain is never unfelt
But sadness wains and fear is concurred
my light will not be extinguished
Nor hidden. Nor ignored.
I shine for her now - my child
Her honor, her memories, her words
Like a forest fire
Her love burns the evil from my heart
and as a family our light is blinding
My dictionary again rewritten
Mother...father...daughter...
love