healing – Ink & Embers

Trigger

Everything has changed Yet, almost nothing at all. The rooms are quieter, calmer and relaxed There is space to breathe a full breath. I can close my eyes and let my shoulders drop. There is peace here. But my body tenses at the sound of every vehicle that passes by in the night. I canContinue reading “Trigger”

Subtle

I am Vengeance in all her subtlety I walk through the fires with a flame of my own Head held high A smile on my lips As I stare into the void and laugh. “I dare you.” ~A

Possibly

I laughed. When shown kindness and care, I laughed. Because it must be a lie. How could it possibly be true? And then I almost cried… Could it possibly be true? ~A

Leading the way

And there it was A light in the darkness that consumed me A sadness so palpable it enveloped the space around me Yet this light found a way through that darkness Knew how to navigate the emptiness because he himself lived in it. That light pulled me to the surface Opened my eyes and letContinue reading “Leading the way”

A heart

There once was a girl in need of a heart For who would she be if she had nothing to give? She searched and searched High and low, so, so low She thought she had found one a time or two But they never quite fit. She found one in a dark corner, lit byContinue reading “A heart”