unthaw

There was a time the darkness fell

those days on which we heard

the death knell

and that was when I first began

to retreat even more deeply inside my shell

as hollowed out feelings fell away

deeply into

the dark sea

of forgetting

and if the tide is rising now

let the deluge come

for these feelings must flow

there was a darkness that rose

and it killed the life

I sought

but now it just hurts too much

to be executed

by the invisible hand

of the deathly slayer

for his is a double edged sword

that strips away more than hurt

leaving souls bleeding in the wake

and the cuts that bled

red

must now heal

for life demands

that wounds improve

and dismay fades

for when breath is stolen

feeling is frozen

and I must unthaw

for my soul cannot bear

to live this way

for another

single

day