“The Untold Story”
I have been coming to it my entire life,
Little did I know
Thinking I was out running it, rising above it
However I was walking right into the fire of it.
Leave it to me to end up where I started
Never knowing that I would.
I have seen humanity, explored cultures, submitted myself to all that seemed to light my fire,
Seeking, enduring, ending and
Moving on,
No one asking me why.
A nightmare at times, Russian roulette at others.
Tempting fate, begging for an end.
Searching for some concoction I could lay down in
Rest, feel, let go, trust
Love and be loved.
In the revealing of the truth of my life, the excruciating painful
realities of what I have witnessed and been subjected to
when I had no choice, no protection, no way out
The Untold Story.
I have found me,
Now I shall rest.
Lori Ellis-McKinney (2012)