Member Poem

- [the first steady breath after the storm. the slowing heartbeat and the stoic hands.
you haven't always been this composed.
under pressure you bursts plenty of times but there seems to be a glow about you these days. the dull roar of your insides humming in your ears,  you have released the beast.
you've seduced the monsters and teased the tyrants, you're ready.
chin held high.
eyes blinked free of tears.
you entered into the darkness knowing that the light comes only when you're willingness to fight for it is challenged.
you never knew what you were made of until they threatened to show you.
told you that reversing the make up of you would be easy, but you've fortified your armor. trained yourself to make it through.
there won't always be a victory at battles end but you will always be left standing.
ready for another fight.
opponents tactics learned & self preservation at the forefront of your mind-- you forge.
this is when all the intestinal fortitude is tested.
do I fight or fly? leave and let be or stay & change it all? the choice has always been yours.
the choice will always be yours.
choose before it's chosen for you.
let the ready rocks fly & let the sinless stones be thrown, you have no fear of being hit for you know that none are perfect-- though we fight ourselves daily just to prove that we are.
throw the lies to the side & face the face that looks back at you.
the flaws are expected...
refuse to neglect them...
it only feeds their need for attention.