TUNNELS and HILLS

Tunnels and HillsThe journey over and through is a tour of pain, a road to promise, and a life to live again!It starts in a place where I grew in age but withered in soul. Bridging from passageways of childhood fear and vivid suffering, leading to a new poetic life of freedom, love, and even hope."e;This life, this mystery, this conquest of hurt; now swallows me down like an erosion of soul. I'm covered by earth, my mouth filled with dirt; I spit and I cough but I'm trapped in this hole."e;And still even more, the resilience and faith of a child, learns to find his way and build anew.Even from "e;A tunnel to me is a hole in the ground; a tube thick with filth that holds just one sound. The sound of my heartbeat, unsteady in pitch; now soaks in the ruin of destiny's ditch."e;All the way to "e;Amazing grace, the sweetest sound, that does not make a noise. But though unheard, it speaks to alla "e;"e;In my lifetime, I have read multiple books about abuse, but never until now have I actually experienced the true feelings and emotions of being the abused."e;