Embracing Imperfection

bleak
wild
raw
stripped
bare

a destructive goddess dancing her powers over me -

Kali with her chain of skulls
naked truths
we
speak
our
minds
and
not
our
hearts
which have been chained in vows of silence
many lives to live untold
coiling serpent pain
around
the core
of who we are
or who we think we want to be
as I ride towards the gates of dawn
I cast illusions off like costumes
releasing notions of success
an idea of perfection
we
are
all
stripped
bare
like
babies
being born
into the moment
of a bright new day