And now I lie naked.
Naked in the earth.
Everything I have carried
In me,
Stripped from
My heart
And
Removed from my soul.
Washed clean.

And I feel the wind.
I breathe the air.
I taste the dirt on my lips.
I am settled in my skin.

Renewed.

The time has come to

Arise and set my feet gently on the path before me.

Let this new journey

Begin.