TOTAL CONTROL

Self assertion in the face of hopelessness

Yes! It is I whom you see

Standing at these massive gates of fate

Facing the pounding surf and the harsh shrieking

Of the wind

As it tears down our hopes and dreams

Facing the vivid flash of lightning which

Illuminates the harsh reality

Once camouflaged

Once hidden

From our trusting eyes

 

Yes! Here I stand

No more a mere shell

To be flung about by the cruel waves

Emptied of all emotion and feeling

No more do I stand

Willing victim to the treacherous currents

Threatening to sweep me off my feet

Into a giant whirlpool… pulling me

Down in its dark, sinister depths

 

Yes! I have fought

To regain my stand on the firm ground

Resisting, pulling, crying for rescue

As the tears refuse to fall

Running from the thundering surf

Back to safety… to the firm ground

On which I now stand

 

Here I stand

At these gates of life

Courageous, triumphant

In my will to survive

To rise like a phoenix from the ashes

And pilot and control my life

 

Yes, I emerge

From within the web of illusion

To retrieve my control

Here I stand, victim of no fool

Who thinks I know not the rules

Of this game we play

Through all eternity.

 

Reviews

[R J Askew]

Great drama and imagery here.

[Dark Priestess]

Thank you!!!

[Hebe]

Very vivid and emotionally charged! You can feel the power... loved it !

[Dark Priestess]

Thank u, Hebe!!! Was written in a very emotional state of being..... :)