the witness within

I am falling – with ease and levity

Through heights known or not

Like an object helpless against gravity

Screaming!

I am screaming – With fear and anxiety

Through a sea of endless vacuum

Like a child lost in horror of animosity

Struggling!

I am struggling – with grief and tenacity

Through odds and chaos

Like an argument imploring validity

Relentlessly!

I navigate a chamber waning of oxygen

Stubbornly – chanting with a voice deprived of sound

Victory has no equal.  I am a victor.

Not a prisoner of Poverty’s War.