The Live Again

Staring out an open window, pondering the horizon,a shadow emerges from the place between the day and the twilight to come. The air seems thick and sticky in my lungs. Frantic hammering, jumping, squirming comes from my torn and tattered heart. The smell is an intoxicating wave rushing to meet me. My entire being screams "Who are you?" With a feverish need I realize that I have to know. To understand. To delve into the puzzle that is you. You will change me. As the ocean gently molds the shore. Peeling layer upon layer off ever so gently. Letting soft pearls of light shine through the stiffeling darkness. Slowly tempting and tourturing larger amounts of myself to splinter. Sending gaping cracks down my body. I shudder from the force of the awakening. You stand strong, stately before me. Placated, at triumphant with your work. A quivering step. Uncertanty radiating in my eyes. Your outstretched arms, roped with power, reach for me at last. I melt into them. Breathing, for what seems like the first time through the torrent oftears. And I am reborn.