The entrance way is constricted, and cloaked,
my own breath I breathe, and I’m choked
A single candle flickers in the hall,
and my thoughts cast shadows on the wall
I move quickly past this scary host
of haunting, taunting, self-ghosts.
The faint smell of embers in hearth,
Gives courage to draw me further in.
The fire, just embers unattended,
I draw near, a stranger, undefended.
The fire awakens, fed upon my breath,
And then rises to the rhythm of my chest.
And the light rises into luminous depth,
revealing no walls or boundaries.
I feel someone else here in this space,
A palpable presence with no face.