scars

 When things turn out not how you dream
How do you start to redeem
And gain some control
Piece together a shattered soul
To move on and start to heal
And to just accept the way you feel
Stop trying to avoid the pain
Only then I think I can gain
The insight and tools I’ll need to use
So that I can learn to defuse
The desire to escape my fears
Reflecting on those painful years
As I can’t change the past
The intensity won’t always last
Time and courage will go a long way
To heal the scars of that traumatic day
I don’t think I will ever fully forget
The impact when my life was under threat
An acute sense to always beware
Overwhelming feelings of helplessness and despair
Images still haunt my mind
Everything is still really defined
A decade has already passed me by
And I still try and work out why
A rush of adrenaline my senses peek
Breathless, unable to speak
A matter of seconds and a life’s cut short
When a vunerable mind is distort