a soul named enigma

          
I wept inside of despair        
and it answered from the darkness        
        
"quiet woman free your mind        
and behold all the wonders I can show you"        
       
"within your screams you are most beautiful        
with varying shades of ache        
that lend you your compassion"        
       
"I visit with you for a purpose        
so that in your travels you would possess wisdom        
a soul's currency        
to be spent on those hungering"        
       
"inside of you is teal flavored melancholy        
gems garnered from a lifetime of pain        
they adorn the crown you wear on your head"        
       
"you are counted among the faithful
in the land of dread        
you see the light where there is none"        
       
"I gave you over to demons    
to season you        
you left them smelling of your sweet spice instead"        
       
"you are uniquely flavored        
tempered in patience        
wrought from tears cried        
I've collected each one        
and named the emotions that brought them"        
       
"you cried for other's suffering or joy
but in these many years shed none for yourself        
you are an enigma to me"        
       
"I sent you on this journey to learn something of me        
as it turns out you've become the teacher"