Beautiful Release

Photographer: Aaron Schaeper

There was poison inside
Storms in my head
Tossing me into a tailspin
Pulling me from side to side
Stuck in a vertigo
Mind competing with
Light speed while my
Human body wrestled
To catch a breath
I kept taking poison
Hoping I’d strike my venom
Not knowing the difference
Between venomous and poisonous
My ignorance was toxic
And I its only victim
Deep within I heard my voice
Among the noise
It was weak and soft
I held my breath
Leaned back
Let out a scream
Unleash the beast inside
Unleash til walls collide
Until the voices uttered are but my own
Until my skin becomes golden again
Until my heart starts beating once more
Until there’s a glimmer in my eyes
Until the past and hope can merge
Until I swallow the honey
Until I discover the sweetness of life

-Marifer Schaeper