Once I followed a path of light. I closed my eyes and it stood before me empty and vast yet willing to pull me in. I inhaled deeply and fell... I fell into it and let myself drift. It took me past hills through valleys and brought me to a ocean of freedom. It unfastened my bonds and gave me back the courage and self worth that had been stolen piece by piece word by word. I laid my head against its soft comfort and inhaled again. I moved through fields of color and light as brilliant as sunshine through stain glass. I slid between sheets of silken grass and was tucked beneath a comforter fastened from clouds. Once I followed a path of light.