echos

 my house is silent only the echoes remain.

 take a deep breath,  close my eyes as the past swishes by

 the pain

the sadness

the joy, hope and promise 

the me I was

 driven with all-consuming love ,enduring the fight, the joy, the hope, all that fed me ,led me, swirls around shaking me to my core and for a bit with each breath, I am emptied  

I thought it was gone

I am strong, i whisper to the echos

I am courageous,  there is nothing I can’t do!

the silence remains