Empowered

To wield a world once beyond my grasp

To speak these words once foreign to my lips

I know the fire now, I see at last

What I had lived without, now dwells within

Ariadne's anniversary, now I've laid to rest

Every verse she screamed, from beneath the earth she slept

And touched upon a new heaven, drawn in a fresh breath

There are no doubts left in me, to breed hesitation in the flesh

And sure, she scarred me, dug her nails into my back

And sure some marks remain, where her chains once bound me

But I have charted my course, waged my wars

Now I know freedom from the demons that surround me

To breathe these words to the stars

To hold the brightest among them

In my arms

Ariadne's great letting go, where all that we behold

Is but a slight chill in the bones, of those who could never know

I wield a world now, within my soul

Who stirs the embers, and awakens the bold

And so I burn bright, and echo through the night

A light that no measure of dark could extinguish

And beg you bring your shadows, dare you to expose

Everything you've known, every book you've closed

I am made whole by this intoxication of the heart

I am strengthened by the same storms that tore you apart

And I have started my work, faced the worst

Now I know peace amidst the chaos of war

To see the journey upon which I've embarked

To hold the most beautiful among you

In my arms.