NOW

I was once a simple girl
Who didn't know one
From another
What was truth
What was lies
What was hiding
What was dying inside
What didn't even know
Didn't  she know
NO
She thought LOVE was adequate
And Everything else could wait
Could be set aside
To rot
To die
To cover
Underneath herself
Where she didn't even know
Didn't know
That she could Shine
That her Shine couldn't show
Underneath the sand
Her head was buried
Hiding under
Inside
Excuses she made
She made LIES
Lies that she
Herself, would abide
But did not know
That bright light inside
Had to be put out
Had to be snuffed out
Blown out
WHOOSH
Had to disappear
Had to shrivel
Had to Hide
In order for
The light to shine
Like fire

Her namesake

Her Pedestal
Hiding her fear
Up there
Does she know
She doesn't know
She knows that life
Can
Change
Can
Completely
Disappear
Can Evolve
Into something else
Darwinism
She doesn't care what happens next
Only knows
That now
She has herself
She knows
She will never disappear
Evaporate
She's incandescent
She's Lost
She's returned
To the places
To the places that needed to be set free
From her mind
From her memory
Damage leaves a stain
Won't go away
Will only fade
Will only take
The moment away
When it comes up in conversation
When it takes a play
The jealousy
The residue
The layer
That shit
That happened
The story
The way Fate
Put all the players
In place
Now all is changed
Now the past is faded
Gone
Never to revert
Never to reverse
She must abide to herself
Her Voice must be heard
Her tears must be dried