MY HEART WITHERS
ON A PEBBLE STREWN BEACH
OF SANCTIFIED MEMORY.
EACH WAVE LAPS SENILITY,
GENTLY WOVEN INTO THE FACADE
OF EXI-STANCE.

I AM FADING
THE ME,I THOUGHT I WAS
STILL CLOYING FOR AIR
FROM THE TUMULTOUS PLUNGE
INTO THE ABYSS.

AND I THOUGHT
"FOR SURE, I WILL DIE".
YET I STILL AM.

SEEPING EVER STRONG
INTO THE SPONGE LIKE FLESH
I CALL ME.

THERE'S NO WAY
FROM THIS PLACE.
THE ABYSS IS SUNDERED
OF THE MAJESTY,
MYSTICS SO PROUDLY WRAP IT IN.

IT CANNOT EVEN
DESTROY THE ME,
LET ALONE THE I !

I HAD THOUGHT
I HAD NO CHANCE.
I HAD THOUGHT I WOULD BE NO MORE.

YET HERE I AM
STRUGGLING TO IDENTIFY
AMIDST THE SHORES
OF A LAND I KNOW LITTLE.

YES EVERYTHING ELSE DID CHANGE.
I NO LONGER RECOGNIZE
THE THINGS I ONCE
HELD DEAR.
NOR THE MIGHTY FEARS
THAT ONCE HELD ME.

BUT I STILL AM.