Redemption

Never has there ever been,
a darkness such that swirls within,
fed by thousands of broken truths,
a teardrop falls,
the river spins,
Poseidon comes at sea's wrath,
and with a gentle fist,
wipes away,
upon holy waves,
the haunted death within my veins,
a single breath,
a shuddered gasp,
I am free of my past,
no longer prisoner,
it guides my steps,
no longer tormentor,
it shows the path,
broken and flawed,
i am rebuilt,
I take within me that which used to beat me down,
it is my penance,
it is my gift.