The hush, surrounding me. My eyes cloaked by a tough cotton cloth. I hear the voice of my past beckoning me, pulling me into my darkest depths of my pain. I trudge forward though, yearning for release from the ties that bind my previous life to my new one. My heart, yearns for a fresh start yet I can’t have that until the last memory of pain is cut off, and the person with it. The sun before me, calls out to me, a beacon leads me to freedom. The chains around me in piles of ash beside my feet. My breath no longer caught in my throat as I suffer. “Keep onward child! You’re almost out of the darkness that clouded your childhood. Now come into the light that brightens your future. Don’t stop or your heart gets confused. No hesitation and you’ll be home free love!” My hands are in front of me, feeing the sun warm my aching palms. Fresh scents tickle my nose. My husband, my children and all my loved ones giggle and call out “You can do it!! Keep going!” I don’t stop and feel my feet land on the lushest grass my toes have ever squeezed! I know I am forever safe