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Risen
She flaunts her will, knowing
I am addicted, enslaved, imprisoned.
Like a butterfly, at the mercy of a breeze,
with direction and fate left to its whim,
as my soul and feelings are to hers.
She leads me to heights unimagined,
and depths that tempt the flickering
flames of hell itself. Limits unrestrained
swirl in confusion, right and wrong
losing realities balance, love and hate
sing the same melody, and I am lost
in the lyric, and drift away into silence.
And in my awakening, I rise
from the heart of the fire, spitting out
the ashes and soot, and in the reflection
of forgiveness, forgive myself.
For it was only love that was sought,
and in its absence, I found her.
