More Than Words

Old webkinz

Shiny gymnastic medals

New pig trophies

Pages upon pages of memories

Worlds not visited for years

There are things much harder to leave than these

Repressed emotions, memories long forgotten

These are the things easily gained

But they are ever so hard to release

Except that I’m trying

Yearning for a change

A chance to live

Free from my chains

Free from the pain I cause myself

I’m winning this fight

I’m letting go more than these material things

More than I thought I ever could

What was always in my mind is now on the page

My caged phoenix is flying

There is no surrender, only hours of revel

This sandbox doodle has become an elegant painting

Sticks and stones may break my bones

But these words make me so much stronger

Sorry but your princess has rescued herself

And these lines in Times New Roman

Mean more to me than just words on paper

~Yours Truly