For My Beautiful Warrior
by Carmen H Gray
Somewhere along the road
Between sickness and health
Between nightmares and fantasies
A new me was forged
The poisons churned inside me
And those long, shadowy nights
When my hands served as my sight
Forever marked me
Like the permanent scars
That show where I was sliced
Somewhere along the way
I rose from this place
My wings unfurled
My strength anew
My heart unbroken
I came through
The In Between
Monarca Rising 