No Power In The Verse Can Stop Me NaPoWriMo 2025

I never realised
Before I came back
From the brink of wherever I was 
The number of things 
that stood out about me
If you only looked close enough

A lifetime ago I disappeared 
Melted like the T-1000
Ready to reform anew and 
You were all there waiting
Paying attention 
Giving a shit without expecting repayment
Til it feels like I’m really here, existing 
And thanking the old me for bringing me through

I never realised
Until people actually listened 
That the things that I’m saying are wrapped up in history 
With vowels snatched from where I’ve lived, who I’ve met
And the particular things my Welsh Nan said
Lines tracing back that lead down to this 
Strange concoction of emphasis