Chrysalis

Conditional love 
Destroys the soul
Fracturing trust in humanity
Forcing the victim
To build insurmountable walls
Heightening anxiety
Stressing the heart's ability
To beat peacefully
Surging pain throughout
The entire nervous system

You asked me if I still love you
A resounding no I scribed 
While midnight was closing in fast
Is the only answer I have you
For such targeting hatefulness
I shook off the suffocating abuse
Renewing myself 
With strength and perseverance
Arising within 
A new summer solstice sunrise ©

Karen L. Fleming