Irony. A cave's entrance on top on Mt. Everest, available only to the privileged few.

The mental strength to shed old skin, scabs and wounds, and surface a better soul.

by the calming waves,

listening to the whispering winds,

gazing up at the milky way.

A helium balloon escaping from the grasp of a clinging child, suddenly soaring, endlessly liberated.

Scars on her body, mind; left by him.

Now he's gone.

She's someone new:

Herself.