A storm is coming,
On the beach the clouds are low,
The tide is high, the wind does blow,
My toes are cold,
In grainy sand,
While rushing away.

The barracks above,
The steps below,
The darkness inside,
As I tiptoe.

Up and up,
The sky darkens,
the stone walls glow,
As lightning strikes.

I creep along,
The echoing hall,
The heavy doors lining the walls,
All are locked,
Except for yours.

I slip inside,
And there you lie,
All dark emotion,
And shifty eyes,
A mass of enigma,
Convince me of the truth.

I dare you now,
Touch my soul,
As the storm grows close,
Rain pounds harder,
And your gaze ignites.

You growl from below,
I’m not afraid,
You reach out to me,
And for a moment,
I feel sorry….

Your hands are cold and clawed,
Your eyes hungry,
Burning with need,
A danger, and greed,
Will you devour me?

And then a calm,
All is quiet, inside and without,
And there you strike,
Within the eye.

At first you win,
You have me pinned,
On the floor,
And all around,
The door is locked,
I try to scream,
Without a sound,
Your claws dig deep,
They shred my clothes,
And I feel lost,
Lost within, lost without.

Slowly,
I give up my will,
My peace of mind,
My struggle and fight,
I glimpse your eyes so blank,
Unreadable….
And your teeth at my throat,
This is how it ends….

In the distance a sound.

What is it to trust,
To be deceived,
To think you know,
What you do not,
To believe blindly,
Only to be wrong,
Would it leave you with any hope?

And I hear the distant song,
From long ago and far away,
The last thing the departed said,
“You are stronger than you think you are.”
And I hold on.

From the depths,
Of the darkest part of me,
The me you taught me was in us all,
I pulled out survival,
For we do not know what we are capable of,
Until we have to.

With this I let you bite me,
I let you tear me away,
I let you take the blood of my dignity,
I pretended not to feel,
And while you tried to consume me,
I spied the key about your neck,
I waited until you were asleep,
With everything that was left,
I dragged my bones across the floor,
And I unlocked the door…

I was free.