Soothed

As the earth turns away from a merciless sun
and faces the ever comforting dark pool of sparkly bodies
the veil of palpable blackness settles around my being
enclosing me in a familiar high
A familiar numbness spreading within me
taming the raging fires, all my sharp-edged sorrows
welcoming serenity – a sense of entirety, of release

The darkness is cool balm on my scalding purple bruises
to kill the restlessness
to recover bleeding wounds.
Loosening the tight threads of a tangled mind –
burnt by a light too bright,
it feeds life to a dead heart
unfurling veins for crimson life to pour through

In the darkness,
my woes wither
my unchained wings flutter
my eyes see better.

Copyrights  © Senali Perera 2016 | 27.6.2016 7:25 p.m.