Poem, Up at Night

Do spirits keep you?
You too, up at night?
Reminding you,
of what you were?

Can’t sleep, not allowed
tired makes perfect vessel
weakened magical boundaries
seals and wards fall

sacred words fail

I am not me, I was her
I’m the lost daughter
I missed her too
Another life, this death

The demons’ revenge
she abandoned them
reminding her
of who I am