Traces

Traces of you live within my waters

No longer as blood stains

Now more as memory waves

Shot through with irridescent themes

Of lavender, deep indigo

And emerald green

All of these hues

An intrinsic part of you

Erased by the forces of grey

That held sway

In the world of darkness

You found here

Now after all of the bloodshed

And the tears

As the nameless dread

And frozen fears

Are melting

You find yourself

No longer dissolving

As you did before

In the water

You revel at a glimpse of fire

As your dancing spirit

Awakens

At dusk

And as your instinctive soul

Finally finds and

Trusts the way home

You throw off the burden

Of what lay buried

As joy and peace

Arise out of the placement of scars

Reveling in all of the love

You found in nature

Moonbeams

Rays of light

And stars

Do you finally feel yourself coming home

Shedding skins

Standing still

Finally at home

Inside your deepest soul

No longer alone

Watching as sunlight dances on the water

Listening silently

As ancestral cries recede

From the distant shores

Echoing lingering traces

Of archaic memories