Naked

Here I stand naked to the universe

Unclothed without embarrassment

My mind is open without guard

All illusions have been stripped

Disintegration is complete

Breathing deeply of freedoms air

Though my heart bleeds

You can see that it still beats

Getting stronger by the moment

I was broken and in desperate need

Now I stand ready with armored truth

No longer whipped by those who harm

My soul has become peaceful

No regrets or blemishes upon it

As a warm blanket serenity settles in

As a new lea- I tremble with life

Awaiting the rain of questions

Though answers may not be had

I do not flinch from what may be coming

Though my skin is bare and may bleed

I stand strong for a new cycle in life

© 2010 30 june/cb