Rebuilding yourself isn’t supposed to feel good
it’s supposed
to burn

to bring you
to your knees,

and for a moment
you might forget what the light looked like.

But when you re-emerge in the smoke of you,
two bold eyes
staring back from your reflection,
not a trace of darkness veiled there,
you will feel an exhilaration
you hadn’t been sure
you would ever feel again