We didn’t arrive here easily
Down the darkest paths pushed
How we crawled through the tangled, thorn pricked underbrush
Belly to the ground wallowing in mud
Escape
Escape
Survive
Lighting fires from our dreams
Burning down the past
Running running through fields of broken glass
Hiding still and quiet in the caverns of hollow logs
Profane choices too dark to contemplate
Cursing divine madness backs to the light
We tumbled and fell down the hills of cold granite
Scraped and struggled up mountains of disbelief
Exploring the ruins of generational neglect
How did we ever arrive intact
Whole
Mending and healing
Laughing and singing
Striving and believing
In spite of every wrong turn
We bloom in the night
We still blossom in the dark
