Blood As My Ink

Golden Time

It was like my mind floated away,

I was free.

I was reborn.

I could be

Reckless, absurd, energetic,

A part of a party

Where everyone with an excuse

Laughed and cried.

Suddenly, everything was possible. A cloud

Was swept out of my mind, and even pain

Felt wonderful. No longer was I tied down

By chains called Personality.

Reality was forgotten.

I didn't know

Fate,

I didn't know one day

I'd sit and swallow coals.

For now, I could embrace each desire

Pumping through my veins,

I could bleed,

Watch the ink flow into mistakes and wounds

Covering every imperfection in a new story.

Some could say I'm running

But who wouldn't?

When the sun's suddenly brilliant,

When the wind kisses like life,

When the grass and trees and taste of water

Are so miraculously richer, I bet just about anyone

Would trade their memories to become new again.