Soul Keeper

Her life was empty 
and she wandered 
in dark places. 
She began to find 
beauty in the broken,
peace in her loneliness.
She fell into herself, 
lost for a while. 
Until she followed 
a dancing shadow.
It led her to a flicker 
within her heart 
that set her soul on fire.
But she hid it from the world, 
for she feared 
the bandits and the liars.
She hid it so long 
she forgot all about it.
Til one day she looked in a mirror,
the stranger staring back 
said "It's cold in here". 
As she stared into her eyes, 
she seen the remaining embers 
and knew she had to change, before she lost herself forever.
So she took off the mask 
and embraced her truth.
She faced her fears and felt
herself rise from the ashes below.
Her laughter like music 
called out to the shadows.
Slowly they gathered and her warmth lead them to follow.
But in sharing her flame she did not  lose it or weaken.
It could not be stolen,
only given.
It was in this moment 
she became a Warrior. 
Wandering among 
the darkest of places,
beckoning to the lost,
opening their cages.