One Year Ago Today

by Irene Daniel

One year ago today
I was invisible
Even to myself
Just fumbling in the dark

A tempest started brewing
And in summer
Ignited a spark

That set ablaze
A life untrue
And blew apart
All that I knew

One year ago today
I didn't know
What I didn't know
About how low
A man could go

And still pretend
That he deserved
A better end

One year ago today
How could I not see
That I simply was not free?

Or that the world
Can never be
The one I wish it
To be?

One year ago today,
It seems so long ago
And far away

                                                                                                     Copyright 2015, Irene Daniel, All rights reserved.