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The Deep Place
by Amanda Worthington

My heart is underground

In the deep place again

I’m feeling like the world

Is caving in

But there I go losing time

Because that’s already happened

And I am newly risen

.

Exposed now

Burning with the fire of my becoming

And your undoing

My odin’s eye shining with wisdom

Gained through immense sacrifice

Sharpened by seeing through

Your ill-constructed lies

.

My unmoving waters invite you to swim

But don’t stay long enough

To feel the pull of my rising tide

.

Because still buried somewhere within the limestone

That disintegrated under the pressure

Of one too many storms

Is revenge delayed

But never denied

.

You might have seen it coming

Had you ever taken the measure of my sad

The acid of your words

And their absence

Eroded my self-esteem

Until I felt too far down

To be worth saving

.

And now look at me

.

Aren’t you curious to know

How I came to embody this cruel pool?

Don’t you want to know what mysteries I hide?

Why so slow to reply?

.

You seemed all in

Have you changed your mind?

.

But now you’ve gone and taken too long

Well, time never was on our side.

.

Welcome, wayward soul to the deep place

Where men go mad

And thoughts race

And screams echo in futility

And the light is eternally

Just out of reach

.

The dark always suited you better

Than the sun’s rays, anyway

.

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Fiction © Copyright Amanda Worthington.
Image © Copyright Alex Grehy