warrior breathing

Pause 

Inhale

Lungs expand

Air brings life

To a body that was dead

Not breathing 

Existing 

As a shadow of

What I once was

Now awakening

A second chance 

To start again 

Once asleep

In suspended animation

Comatosed

Reviving

The demons 

That haunted me

I now see were 

In my head only 

They have no power over 

Me

Fear once crippling

Wires have been cut

Cage opened

I stand in armour

I built myself

Many years of fighting

Drowning

Surviving

Have given me thick

Skin

Like animal hide

Steel strong

Unbreakable now

You cannot touch me

I am not

Defined by you

Your power dissolves

I step into the battle field 

Risen from the depths 

Of a swamp thick with 

Guilt shame slime

Washed clean

With the truth 

I am clean 

I am free 

I am strong