Illumination

that moment

when you finally

believe

everything you've ever

known...

this wall was so high, so strong

so powerful, it was

built with a purpose

it was built to never

fall

it had withstood barrage upon

barrage

it had held back fire and storm

but it was always a deceit

an illusion of protection

it was good for nothing

but holding in

the pain

the anger

the fear

holding in isolation

it went all around, encasing

in darkness, locking

me into its cell

a prison of my own

making

and nothing could make it

fall

but a wall is only as good

as its foundation

...the pain, the anger, the fear

were holding it up so long

they seemed to me the very earth

beneath me

and then the rain began to fall...

into the earth so dry, so thirsty

desperate for water's relief

the rain slowly trickled down

saturating the ground beneath

the rain perpetually dripping

deep into the earth

each drop soaking, softening

loosening that foundation

beneath the wall

it started to shift

it moved ever so slowly

the wall creaked, it trembled

in time, it slanted down

in the wall a crack

had formed, ever so gently

a single ray of light

cut its way through

piercing

into the darkness

into the cell I'd been

locked in

for so long...

I followed the light, I saw

the space illuminated

around me

and what I saw

shook me

to my very foundation

I saw You

standing, waiting

You

always there beside me

in the darkness of my captivity

in the isolation of my pain

You

were always the one

withstanding every barrage

thrown at me

covering me through the fire

the storm, the fear

that threatened my very

life

You

are my protection

...the wall was never

really there at all, just

its illusion...

You

my hope, my freedom

You looked at me

I saw your hand

eternally reaching for mine

Hand in hand we walked

through the wall

into the light

into the space beyond