Reborn

Photo by Artem Gavrysh on Unsplash

Three mornings ago
in the blue light of dawn
she woke in surprise
to find body still breathing

Broke through a sadness
that had surfaced skin level
and bathed in the afterbirth
in the River Of Want

Three mornings ago
in the wake of one sun beam
she reached out of mourning
and clawed her way home

Witnessed herself
in the black of her eyelids
filling the empty
with visions of light