Survivor

When I walk through the shadows of the desert

I didn’t think I would ever see the leaves grow again

Everything that surrounded me was broken

Dead and damaged and abandoned…

Every life around me was angry and starving

Stomachs yearning for a fresh bite of meat

I am a feast for them

But first they must break my skin

With the weight of the world trying to hold me back

In the darkness I defy the odds

I walk past dead trees

I push away boulders

I am making my own path now

I am strong and wise and I never forget

But I learn from it.

 

You can’t hurt me

Hush now carnivores

This is my land

I’m going to a place where peace is all around me

Where the sun pushes through the shadows

And illuminates an existence worth believing in

Where the leaves grow high on the trees

Where animals linger around the watering hole

And birds soar with the breeze

 

There…

It may get dark at times

But it will never be the same dark I once knew

In this dark I can see the stars

They will guide me through the night

And protect me as I rest

There

I’ll have a family to love me

I will be a part of something wonderful

 

The shadows will give life to a beautiful being

And so it will continue

I will be strong

A conqueror of the desert

A persevere’er

I will be a story of overcoming

A sage

A survivor