All virtue lost its worth
I commited a sin of cowardice
Not many would claim to have witnessed
The palpitations, the adrenaline
The oozing sweat swept clean
Before it hit a spectating eye
The yellow of my skin went unnoticed.
Though I could feel...
Blood clotting in my veins
The chill slid down my spine
Darkness of doubts and uncertainty
Took me over, took me down
When life asked me, "What now?"
Knees weak, heart pounding
No word of will escaped my lips
As she moved on with a scornful grin
Surrendered.... I followed
Stopping at a turn every then and now
Wondering if that was the time to lead
To say and see the words float
To utter and not behold for once
The lag stopped her in her steps
Grave and grim she stopped, turned
The look! The draining look!
That would turn wood to ashes without a spark
Turn the Mediterranean into Sahara
The fear rose and overflew
What was once tamed, rushed out
Like an army out for vengeance
Never to look back or retreat
And before I knew it, I was on my way
Reluctant and resistant she followed
As she saw the burning stones of my eyes
Of resolution and strength
The flaring flames rose and spread
Burning everything in and around me
The pain could no longer be contained
Grew and rose till the pain itself eased the pain
We now looked at oneanother with an even stare
Of counterparts if not comrades or equals
The unheard screams started to hush
Sanity traced the track of the breaking sweat
The hazing confusion died down with the panting
The breeze and not the wind brushed the crest off
Of the remains of the chaos that built.....
And thus from ashes I rose
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