101/365 : spiraling grace

i am following the portal
through a dark dripping
cave of shadowed fears,
shards glittering deep and
dense with truth

crawling through the cold hole,
knees collecting
sparkling battle scars of faith
and elbows earning
cataclysmic strength

nothing can stay the same

i am giving up on blame,
crouching like a black panther
eyes aglow and knowing

i am entering
the other side
of my soul