Closer to Zero

Your words,
like sharp knives,
cut through me.
Ripping and
tearing apart
my fragmented identity.
Trapped in
the moment,
enduring your hostility,
awaiting my destiny.
Only to see
later that
you are
the one
saving me.
Keeping me afloat,
high above,
from drowning
in my
own misery.
Filling love
and light
to spaces
that were empty.
Never has
a mirror
reflected myself
so clearly.
It feels like
being dismantled
and assembled
at the same time.
Taking away
what I thought
was mine.
Giving to me
what I know
isn't mine.
Altering my being.
Reorienting my path.
Elevating my soul.