Olay!

If ever there was a day
I didn't whine
Or complain away
I would say
I'd found a gold mine
And shout - Olay!

Our Secret

The voice inside her head
Screamed
Just two words...

Tormented 

By the shrillness

Of the screech

Alarmed

By its proximity

Down

She fell

On her knees

Hands over her ears

Eyes shut tight

Her lips muttered

The same phrases 

Over and over 

Again and again

"Chaos of my mind
Be still,
Be kind.
Kindle not
These wicks
Of another mind."

Her sight blurred 

Tears her did overwhelm

Her hearing rang

From thunderous booms

Of these very same words

She never spoke

The feeling of 

That frigid touch

Which made her skin crawl

The darkness
Wove
Its shiny black strands
Through her aura
Like a succubus
Drained all.
All the joy,
All the strength
And most of all
All the innocence.

Her body left limp

Without power

Yet her will,

Her Will

To survive

Took her higher,

Higher 

Than the highest tower.

The air
Trapped
In her lungs
Burst forth
In one glorious breath
She emptied it all.

"Our SECRET

This is no more,

I will not quit

And you Will Destroy not

My inner CORE!"

She reveled 

In victory

And in light

One Star above

In particular

Beamed

With unparalleled might.

For each drop 

She had shed 

Blood and sweat

She realized

Life ended not 

Just yet.