Here Again

[HaleINthewind]

How am I here again?
To the place where fire
burns from cold, ashen embers  I think this is a good image (although I wonder about embers being cold and ashen as they are usually what is starting a fire. Not what is left over from an old fire. ) Maybe that was the point?

As unexpected as a bolt of lightning;  I agree this line does not add anything.
Electrifying
what has gone to the grave   Are the last two lines highlighting the idea that something that was once finished or dead is back or electrifyed back into life? If so this may be saying what you have already said in your first stanza with fire in "cold ashen embers" Maybe bring something new here

Unearthed from beneath
a current of questions,   As a reader this is confusing. Not at first. The first two lines make since.
of possibilities,
of melting and bending
faith’s pillar  

All, for what?
For torture of the soul?
Self-pity?
For weeping as a willow
reaches downward
to meet the earth?
For floundering as a fish Like a fish?
searching in circles?

Back to where I began.
How am I here again? I enjoy your ending it is a nice way to wrap it all up and highlights the round and round downward spiral that the above stated emotions tends to create.







**Thanks for reading/critiquing!**

Hey there, thanks for the read. You seem to have a good start here. You have some images that are stronger than others. Such as the metaphor in s1. Also S4 the fish and the willow. I would double check the willow thing. As it reads now it is saying the speaker is weeping at the same time a willow is reaching downward. Maybe that is what you were going for. I wonder if maybe a stronger image can be derived from those lines.
I think a great way to attack would be go back and read for clarity and strengthen your images, Get rid of things that dont bring in anything new. Also maybe it would be helpfull to keep a common poem long metaphor? You have a lot of different images that dont relate to each other directly - fish fire trees pillar lightening. Maybe pick one and go?

I hope something in here is helpfull to you. Thank you !