Swallowed by darkness,

trapped in fear, 

fear of the darkness

I’d hoovered and hoarded.

Consumed by guilt,

by pain, the struggle of knowing

you made mistakes, took closed routes 

that secured this lonely fate.

Until the day I were saved, 

the day you grabbed my heart,

the day you made me change. 

The day you gave me hope, 

the day my dreams replayed.

You gave me light and for that I give thanks, 

for fixing the broken 

and filling the blanks.