Eyes Once Closed, Now Open By T. Alisha Rogers

Eyes once closed, now open,
Spirit bound, now free, 
Reflectively, effectively,
I re-learn to be me

Unconsciously, emotionally, mentally bruised
Unknowingly, logically, cleverly, abused. 
The signes were there,
The events, the evidence

Failure to record,
Document the incidence.

Devoutly in denial, no, not me
I would know, I studied this you see

Until the end, the walk away, the discard
Refusing to realize, it was much too hard

The comments from the beginning
The critique off hand

Circumventing verbal conflict,
I conceded to the commands

Eyes once closed
Now open,
Spirit once bound
Striving to be Free

By Fire by T. Alisha Rogers

By Fire:

I am purified,

I am forced to face events

    That happened

I am forced to face pains

   I feel

I am forced to relive

   Ordeals

I am forced to conceive

   A reality

I am forced to acknowledge

   My status

I am forced to control

   Emotions

I am forced to face

  Tribulations

The Fire burns

   It hurts

   It lingers

From ashes

   May I rise.