Adrift

AGONY is my new lover and she never tires. DISCIPLINE is my new taskmaster. through PAIN and TORTURE I shall finally know LIFE. I'm adrift in a BLACK sea. TERROR swirls beneath me in the FORBIDDEN, black depths. as IT swims by it's chilled wake sends shivers through me and raises goose bumps on my flesh. IT can DEVOUR me at anytime. I've chosen not to care. EVIL can find me, possess me, it's not my choice. I am STRONG and can tread water for days. Surreally, I am not AFRAID as I turn my face up, squinting the yellow sun is HOPE in a rust colored sky. the wind is COMPASSION, an unseen kindness that embraces me. FAILURE is the black crow wheeling in the sky above me. HAPPINESS is the virga on the horizon: rain drops that EVAPORATE before settling to the sea. I'm shedding COMFORT and contentment as a serpent sheds it's old skin. it is TOO LATE, for I am born again HARD.