The abyss

On the brink of this high wire trembling

I gazed down into the abyss

It was fear that scared me into believing

I could never survive the dive

Into that deep black sea

But now after an dark night ocean journey

That I feared would drown me

I look back to see the waves receding

And you are the one who vanquished the illusion

Of all the lies I was fed

Or distorted truths

I came to believe were true

Sometimes I wonder what my fate might have been

Had I not heard of you

For you are my light and my rock

The one who stood there so steadfast

As I went under

While shining a beacon

In the darkest of nights

Your strong presence could never save me

But it did show me the way home

A way back to solid land

I finally managed to find within myself

With me I brought the memory of oceans

And of the heart stopping terror of a dive

Taken off of the brink

Into the heart of an abyss

That was both my undoing

And the deepest place

Of my becoming