A Truth Remembered (Part 2)

Her skin tightening,

Burning beneath her irons -

Pupils dilating

Honeysuckle scents

Drifting into yearning years

Of unheard hoping

Leading her onwards -

Delving past iridescence

From glowing fireflies

Butterflies swirling,

Landing upon her calloused

Palms, in cloying air

In childhood dreams of

Long forgotten memories -

An awakening

Her kin lingering,

Sealed away in shame and fear

From love and bright life

Colourful creatures,

Beautifully enthralling

Await dancing death

Whispers cloaking her,

Draping their ceaseless voices

Across her shoulders

Stumbling and yet still

Unyielding, her longing to

Know driving her on

Twisting and turning

Amid slick and shining walls -

Her laced boots splashing

Her senses urging

Her forward into the lost

Maze of passageways

The rising water

Reflecting her expression

Of potent degrees

Her heart fluttering

Her steps gently faltering

As she dared to look

Splintering began -

The water of soundless waves,

Silence had fallen

The pause before death -

Deception lingering, a

Stillness taking hold.