Freedom

I climb alone in the night.

Up. Up. Up.

My only focus, to conquer.

Up. Up. Up.

Relentless determination.

With every slip of the foot, I push harder.

Every ominous noise, silenced.

Climbing. Clawing. Crawling.

Up. Up. Up.

With bleeding limbs and pounding heart

I heave myself on to the topmost ledge.

I stand.

Arms outstretched.

Anticipation coursing through my veins.

A rumbling from my innermost being bellows out of me.

A primal, gutteral scream shatters the night.

My mountain trembles.

The stars dim.

Hell is silenced.

FREEEEDOOOOOM!!!!

Without rest the wail escapes me

releasing all demons that bind.

FREE!

from a religion infused mind.

a bound, brainwashed mind.

FREE!

from the shackles of religious condemnation

and the falsehoods charged by organized religion.

FREE!

from the torment of parental guilt.

FREE!

from the pain of abuse.

FREE!

from the voices of inadequacy

and the agony of self doubt.

FREE!

from the claws of addiction.

FREE!

from the fear of failure.

of success.

My howls echo throughout the valley below.

Pieces of flesh torn off with each ricochet.

I collapse.

Falling into what remains of my body.

Free at last.

Silence.

As the sun takes the horizon

I am filled with light.

Warm, redeeming, liberating light.

The flesh around me melts.

Clean, virgin skin covers my wounds.