Out from the dark
You liberate me
I’ve undergone the wary
Circumstance
Dwelt in the depths of
Discoloration
And though these embers
And ashes
Were saturated
Still a flame will ignite
A course through
My veins
Interrupted again
To steel the vaunted
Emotion
Thus gratitude
Together is tethered
To you
My body
My heart
My ocean
Written by Trance Blackman. Originally published on tranceblackman.com on 23 August 2017. Revised 05 December 2019.