Who am I
Now?
What do I call
Myself?
Who are my
People?

I can’t go back
The old way
The old interests
The old favorites

My feelings
My emotions
Why must I know them
So deeply?

What is this feeling
Wanting to know
This pain shared?

I can only stay here
Momentarily
For now.

I feel like pieces of my heart
Are being removed
Slicing bits of me
Leaving holes
Missing
Empty

What’s left is the beginning
Missing pieces filled
Emptiness restored
Healing my heart

I am new
Remade as a different person
Not the same

You must die
To be reborn
Letting go of the former
Embracing the transformed

© 2018 Jason A. Muckley