Somewhere along the footfalls
at the corners of my heart
creeping along the edges
of poetry and art
A restless, broken entity
A silent, used-up muse
returns in waves of empathy
to try to set me loose

Somewhere in the night
of all these absent dreams
pushing through the last divide
between the world and what it seems
My heart meets with the monster
that holds my hostage soul
and makes a break for freedom
in bravest ways so bold

Somewhere near the temple
in these ruins and at the base
of a tree that keeps the words
I long deeply to embrace
there is a path unbroken
and an answer I cannot shake
until the moment of the dawn
when my spirit lies awake