Coming Up For Air

Buried underneath these muscles,

The forbidden secrets left untold.

Priceless and treasured,

Broken and battered,

The shattered pieces

Of who I used to be.

Smart and naive,

Lost and confined,

The broken pieces 

Long forgotten.

Coming up for air

And taking this step,

I've felt the taste of fear.

Pieces of a broken puzzle

Being put together again 

Long ago forgotten,

But stopped in midair.