Fragments

⤞i am here

Forged from
dark disappointments,
roots that
burrow deep within
breathless, chalky earth,
thorn-sharp echoes
of a life that
went before,
competing with the
subtle promise of rebirth—

I exist here,
in these empty,
hopeless caverns,
but for how long?
Surely there must be
more to this
than the threat of
all the things that may
go wrong.