I don’t know how we did it
but we did.
rode the dragon
who breathed fire
destroyed towns and
cities to get where we are.
there was a time
wasn’t there
where we were worried
about having to sleep
in the car.
it was the not knowing,
that nearly killed us
dragged us down into
an abyss of darkness
tiredness
an evolving demon of anxiety.
where will we go?
but sometimes we forget
about the people around us.
if we let them in
a community
of hands to support
us.
shoulders to lean on and
a network of security,
a blanket of love.
we got our shelter.
a little house
(in limbo)
haunted by the ghost,
who would try to sneak
snacks in theย kitchen in the
dead of night.
brother would throw open his
bedroom door,
petrified,
but wanting mum to know
that he understands now,
the man of the house cannot be scared
of a ghost who dares
walk in his place.
that house
god, that house,
was a definite hurdle
to our happiness.
depression curdled
fostered
in that place.
it clung to the architraves
a plague of misery.
but in that house
haunted by a ghost
who took his own life
in the garage that housed all we had,
we grew closer.
we had to.
we reconfigured to a family
of three
interlocking triangles
pointing to our hearts.
that’s what we became
and that’s what we are.
–ย i guess what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. you grew into a queen, I a warrior and he a conqueror.ย
โจ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ซ๐ป๐ช๐ป๐ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ช๐ท๐ญ๐ป๐ช โจ 