My body aches but my mind doesn’t keep pace.

The smells I smelled and the taste of blood on my face.

My mind is still stuck in that death trap

While my body yearns for a life map

Battered but not broken

Shattered but not abandoned

My light is dim but still shines on

You couldn’t take my pawn, not this time

Not because you can’t but because I’m not ready

Instead I share my stories like advisory

While my heart is still in the wreckage

My mind will be free of the bondage

That keeps me locked away and hidden

In a world created by fear and aggression

I will give the darkest parts of me love unconditional

This is the tribute to a piece of me left amongst the shattered glass

Mystiques Devotional