Once Upon A Time (poems and quotes)

Alive

I walk among the graves

I read the names

I see the dates

That they lived from

To when they died

I hear them whispering

The ways they died

But I walk out

I still feel

I feel the scratch on my thigh

From the rose thorns

I feel the burn on my shoulder

From the iron

I feel the pain in my ankle

From kicking a tree

All the little reminders

That I am alive

I can still walk among the living

I still have flesh and bones

I do not need to hurt myself

To remind myself I am alive

Because there are

8 million things

Letting me know right now

That I am ALIVE