I stand here drawing my fingers across the bitter memories of my childhood.

My fingers trace the visions I had once my hopeless past held there as if it was behind a glass wall right there in front of me.

My sorrow wells up. Bringing my entire being into the return…I rip my hands across them trying to make them disappear. Trying to make it go away.

I cause them to slip off of the table. They land on the floor the memories that they hold, pain difference, happiness, all bound together and hidden bye the ragged shades of silver carpet.

I cry. My body wracked with sobs and emotion. What have I become?. My heart, my mind, all of it, everything that was me… Gone.

I shake with the pain that flows through me…it comes in waves and renders me helpless. I can hear but the noise blocks out the opening of the door.

She steps in the room. Staring at me and smiling. She looks to my face to see me and her breath catches in her throat.

I can feel her moving towards me and reaching out to touch me but I don't respond. She drops her book in front of me and I ignore it.

It hurts so much. All of that pain reaching into me. I close my eyes tighter to block it out of my mind. My fingers dig into my cold palms and my blood chills.

Then … im warm. The warmth passes through the rest of me and I am again able to move. I can feel her arms wrapped around my neck and the soothing sensation of her leaning against my cheek calms my nerves.

I feel her hum a steady tune and it blocks out my mind. She whispers a word in my ear and I laugh my tears slowly stopping.

I remember the thud and look at my lap. What is sitting there makes everything go away… all the pain and the lies … it ends.

In my lap is a vision of happiness. A dream shared by two people that can light up our own world. Memories enlightened with faith.

I laugh and turn to face her. Her eyes set a dream in my soul. She whispers a word and I repeat it. And she tells me the meaning.

Then we both look down at the picture and set our hands on our wandering childhood faces.

The dream we share. Lightens and again we are at peace.