As I reach out, slowly trying to grasp what I once held
A silhouette of the old me still lingers
Reminding me of the memories before I fell.

Within the palm of my smooth hand
A butterfly once flapped it's suptle wings.
And flew above a golden land
Where tiny fairies continued to sing.

My life was weightless, full of happy jubilation
But that soon changed as lightning crashed
For within every nostalgic ideation
Was an earthquake that smashed my childhood

Splitting the ends of my decrepit world
Is the eternal clock of time
That forces me to grow from a girl
And transforms my body and mind

The waters burn with the Devil's desire
Rising with the fortitude of a thousand suns
My pallid skin is consumed by such fragrant fire
As the darkness around me has won

And I attempt to escape this animosity
Swatting at flies upon my beaten brow
But as I stare up at the world before me
From the well's bottom I know not how

The stone sides of my life proceed to crumble
Ripping my heart from my now barren chest.
My sanity is determined to crumble
Amid my short and shallow breath.

While the divine light fades by the hour
Frigid air swirls around me
My hands are cold and devoured
No longer reflecting my identity.

Be even as I struggle through the dismay
I'll not let the darkness absorb me through into fray
I'll keep climbing, and I'll find my way
To be able to see the sunrise of another day.

Special Thanks to Guardian of Agape for collaborating!