My spirit was captured and beaten
Tortured and wounded
Compressed with the weight of defeat
Tied up with the rope of her loneliness
She fought and fought
She screamed for hope
Hope was nowhere to be found
Broken and hurt she cried
A river of misery and sorrow
Tied up with her own loneliness she was left to drown
She give up and sunk to the bottom
Into the open arms of surrender
It took a while but somehow strength came
Swooping down into the water
Pulling her from the arms of its web
Together they burst out of the water
Into the smiling face of hope
And beside her was happiness
And laughter
And ME