Becoming 

Freedom

edges ever

closer

I see it

I smell it 

I feel the new

light arising 

dawning

a weightlessness

Wires loosening

that held me bound

kept my 

lungs from 

breathing and 

heart from

adoring 

myself.

Oh beautiful one

I adore you now

I see your strength 

your bravery to be

alive in the face of

twisted pain

and the betrayal

Oh you are alive

You are radical 

in your aliveness 

your daring to be 

woman

raw

alive

and free