Ascension

The leaves underfoot are distant, disconnected;
Blue sky fills me and surrounds me -
My heart has learned to fly once more.
The damned is redeemed! The convict released!
To live and to laugh, unchained;
The shackles of the past are broken.

The fire of life rekindles a light in my eyes.
Vision captures beauty; beauty ignites desire;
Desire (old friend) awakens dreams almost forgotten.
With purpose, the journey is resumed -
I mark my destination and a new journey unfolds.
Shedding my coat of sorrow, I am free to ascend.

tsk /16/10/06/