re-energizing my soul

As time slowly passes....

Moonbeams dance in the cool crisp night.
starlight flickers in your eyes.
A night, made bright by moonbeams in the sky.

The light guides her through the stark, gray forest,
once green and lush, full of life.

Memories scattered by the winds of change,
impede her path at every turn.

She continues with determination,
feeling the breeze on her face.
She recalls the best of times,
feeding on their enery.
It carries her through the wicked branches.

Further on the darkness starts to embrace her.
She feels its strength reach down into her very core.
She strains to fight the cold embrace of the night.

Something in the distance catches her gaze,
upon the horizon she can see the faint glow,
the glow emanating the path ahead that will lead her home.
Where it all began, where she will stay for eternity.
Her heart won't ache for desire, But she will ache for the desire to have a heart.

She must go on.

The trees begin to close in her mind, playing tricks on her.
She looks around, and feels them closing in, as the tree spirits wrap her soul in a sea of silk,
She sees a flicker in the distant.
The warmest of glows from fire of unwanted dreams.

She is starting to feel tired and lonely.
Her breath is heavy and quick.
Oh, to take a break, and sit on a rock and listen to the gurgle of the stream.
"You are almost there my friend, push on" a faint whisper in the dark.

She can feel the warm of the heat from the flame,
Her body aches, and her chest burns.
reaching the fire, she is here...
She waits, watching the fire dance.
After a moment, she realizes,
realizes that she is no longer standing beside the flame,
for once beside, now inside the flame...
The whisper once before now says anew...."Time has no place here. You are home."