OneThenTheOther

And now where
I am versus 
where I was
a year ago 
is nothing short 
of life and 
death of purgatory 
and of Heaven 
just that dramatic 
my life it
seems is one 
of various extremes 
in love then
longing in despair 
then content around 
others then alone 
near to nothing 
and then whole 
these extremes have 
forged the steel 
that I am 
just like fire
and water do 
to raw iron