Because I Love ME
Because I loved him
My heart was caged, belonging to a single owner
Not myself, but to him
my keeper
My actions not my own
My words coaxed from my mouth
Following wherever he led me
he was my shepherd, but I was not his only sheep
Blinded by the greed of my master
I gave myself for the slaughter, though his stomach was full
I was his
But he was far from my
Grasp
Grasping at illusions, expectations, fantasies
Searching
Searching for validation, acceptance, comfort
Tumbling
Falling rapidly into a foreign persona
I loved him and I lost myself
I held on until my last finger slipped
I fell
Crashing down, down
The farthest I'd ever been
Until I landed
And warm arms enveloped me
The arms of a mother
A brother
A friend
They rose me up,
My support and my strength
And finally I rise on my own two legs
Like a phoenix I continue on,
Breathing fresh life with every breath