Healing is Never Perfect

Death forever took all I had

All I would ever be

Even a future

So much yet undiscovered

 

Walking through the valley of shadow

Questions met only stony silence

My broken heart

Can the embers ignite again?

 

Sins repeated covered by survivor’s guilt

Hound my steps, my heart and soul

A lonely place

Living in the ash heap

Begins again a flame burns bright

An inferno that scarred my heart

Fires hidden deep

Forgotten in the dark

 

Growing again the light chases the ghosts

Burning fires stokes new passions

I will fly

Soaring over self-imposed walls

 

A life reborn gives visions of hope

From the memories of death

A hole remains

But healing is never perfect

Maleko ©2013

FWF prompt…

It’s time to stake claim to your baggage. Then your going to burn it. Set it on fire with words. And watch it scatter in the wind like ash. Poof. Gone. It’s time to be brave.

The subject is you. The prompt is you. Write using this quote as inspiration:

“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

This poem was written using the prompt above. Please check out Kellie Elmore’s official site or click on the Free Write Friday image for more information. Using what is called stream of consciousness writing, no editing, no proofing, just writing! Post your submission with a comment and link to your blog on Kellie’s blog, post on twitter with the hashtag #FWF, Facebook and join the fun!