She leans down brushing her hair

Across my cheek

I feel the warmth of her breath

Her brown eyes flash and

A smile breaks over her face

As she asks whether I am alright

I swallow hard and manage a yes

The death of dark days pass

As I realise that she is there

In the moment

I feel life surge through my body

My brain acknowledges the light

And the fight is over

The constant aching sweat

The self-inflicted retreat

Of if and why and maybe

My heart flowing fast and steady

A pumping surge urging me to fly

I rise again away from the night

Black curtain room full

Of tears and of sorrow

Now pulled down

As I walk out into the day

The sun blazing high down the lane

Where she and I had often walked

Her bright flashing smile telling me its O.K.

It’s time to move on

To be upright to live the life

Of a thousand days or more

As she waves and is swallowed up

By the light and the leaves and the breeze

In the trees

And I stand for a while to bask in all

That has passed and then walk

And at her bidding

Finally, don’t look back