I used to know who I am.

I used to know what love was.

I used to know my heart’s desire.

I used to know the depths of my strength.

And then I found some more.

I once had the strongest sense of self.

I once had love and dreams fulfilled.

I once stood tall above the fray.

I once never questioned the truth of love.

And then I found some more.

But now, I’m a hollow core.

But now, my heart is very sore.

But now, I have been reduced to someone’s whore.

But now, I have broken wings that no longer soar.

But now, I have a waning desire for any more.

But now, I have a voice that does not roar.

As then this ship of life ran ashore.

I saw truth in the above, unflinching and unquestioning.

I saw fear in the below, accepting and inviting.

From high above and deeply below,

These lessons you made me learn,

How this growth has made me yearn,

Guru atop the mountain I discern,

Awake from this dreaming, eyes open and fresh, towards the dawn I shall turn.