She Chose This

She chose this,

Not to be shamed or condemned

Rather to choose to decide to be

reborn in balanced harmony.

Peacemaking

chosen. known. I Am.

Gifted blessing, disguised as torment

How beautiful your shadows grace

the once dark and dreary forest

I roamed.

locked. closed. abandoned.

tears...

in excile you poured down my face,

covering my body in places once

deemed unworthy to be touched.

Too numb to see

the growth happening beneath my

weary feet.

watered

remineralized.

Deeper still I went

like so many before,

Unraveling the darkest cords

Conquering the darkest of dreams

Standing tall and ready

amidst the raging fire within.

Comforted by Angels

Rising upwards to the Sun

Oh blessed darkness, now I see!

She chose this,

Not to be shamed or condemned

Rather to choose to decide to be

reborn in balanced harmony.

~FireBird

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