in complete heart

she’d been here before

turning this very corner

only to stumble

upon another sharp edge

cutting into her every truth

she knew

there’d be a hill up ahead

a climb of tiring incline

that curved gently at the crest

allowing a brief triumphant rest

before yet another slide

into more

of the flesh scoring stories

that held her life’s stride

as she traced her way

around the edges

to the familiar beat

of this puzzled heart

always

right back to the start

her journey seemed endless

as though she’d been placed

strategically positioned

in a much bigger game

she had her moments

of immense shame

blaming her lack of understanding

as to why she kept returning

to this blackened terrain

until today

when she doubled over

only not in crippled pain

but how this conundrum

that commanded her attention

suddenly rippled in vivid reflection

this hollowed cavern

that she’d avoided

for eternal days and nights

was never a missing piece

yet her own beautiful darkness

filling her heart

piecing her whole

in peace

complete

This poem was originally entered into a Voella Poetry Challenge. To view it on their site, and scroll some wonderfully poetic minds, click here. Trust me, take a coffee with you 😉

http://www.voella.com/2015/01/incomplete-heart-by-megan-kay/