Written by Tansy Gunnar
Others said I was human, I took their word
But they’re not the same as me, you see?
They’ve beaten me down, to break me,
To force my voice silent, “tread lightly, braindead.”
When their world’s darkness devoured me whole,
That’s when I knew.
These weren’t humans and neither was I,
Ensnared in spidery silk spun, suspended ready to die.
An iron-cast heart, tempered by the streets,
All hope marooned,
Absent of fight.
Ensnared in a scorn-filled cocoon,
Devoid of light.
Shrunken into myself,
I stayed,
I explored,
I mapped
Every seam of this cobwebbed tomb in the underworld,
Of what I thought, robbed me of my destiny.
Darkness spreading,
Immense dreading,
Vexatiously degraded.
Every smack, kick, and punch
Fractured the impenetrable shell.
My soul’s dull ember shone,
Piercing the dark, an illuminating aura dazed
Surrounding all in a dimly lit haze.
Shadows scurried with the breeze,
Nosy whispers traveled by, “who and what is she?”
My spirit condensed within the charcoal womb,
Pressure built,
Fissures split,
A presence now a radiant flame,
Cannoning from the Delphinus abyss,
Hurled with a wobble
Then a transitional glide
Across the sky.
Flares of hope, my wings
Enveloped the world, they flew
Surprisingly blue.
The wreckage of human life, I sift through,
Ever searching for the ones with wings but never knew.
Those void of sight, identity slashed by knife,
Long been forgotten, buried in chaotic strife.
I hear them whisper my name,
Trapped in their ashes,
A swift shift
And downward dive
To cast a glow below.
Endless soaring,
Ever-guiding,
Protective presence
For wandering spirits stuck
In places unknown.
Incarnate Phosphorogen,
Swallow-tailed myth,
To ignite their sparks,
To restart their hearts,
To remind them of their origin.
Glorious illumination all around,
Phoenixes rising from below the ground,
With tales of survival, found.
Text © Tansy Gunnar
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