A Mind Awakened, Can Never Go Back

Lost in a haze for what seems like forever

I sit here alone - after years spent together

Tangled into a mess, no one wants to untangle

Like a cold lonely night - in the depths of December.

Awakened somehow, by a melody golden

Woke me up from a dream, left me feeling emboldened

My mind now alert, awakened from slumber

Crawling out of the pit, grief had buried me under

Found the courage to speak - things I had kept in a box

Hidden deep inside me, all my worries and thoughts

Brought me here to this place of extraordinary dimension

Where, what I feel and say, are given proper attention

No longer afraid of feeling nefarious

I can never go back, after such an experience

To the place I once dwelled, a mere shell of myself

Used for another one's purpose, then placed up high, on a shelf

No, I prefer where I am now, among the living and joyous

Where I'm free to be me, and happiness is contagious