Stripped Down

by Derek M.

I'm stripped down
I'm raw
I'm vulnerable
I'm exposed
I'm humbled
On my knees
A broken man
Arms wide open
Such fiery rage
Such Sadness
Poison rolling through me
Cancer eating at my soul
Looking to consume me from within
Through my pain I finally see
What needs to be done
One last ride with my hate
One last ride through hell
We ride together
Then it's done
The poison is expunged
The cancer excised
I choose love 
I abandon hate
I seek peace
I seek balance
I seek quiet of mind
My path remains unclear
The destination not final
Yet I embrace hope
I shed my blanket of misery 
Keeping me warm for so long
I deny my captor
Every last Morsel of my soul
My broken body now forged at the breaks
I rise to my feet
Now the work begins
I'm prepared
Ready to face the path ahead
The journey will be long
It will be painful
Yet I'll be stronger still
at the end of the road
One last ride with my hate
Then I put it down; never to pick it up again
I choose love
and hope redemption lay within

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