Poetry Notebook

Memory

I can't believe I'm actually updating let alone posting this, but it's stuck inside my head. I'm just hoping this helps... probably won't.

*Trigger Warning*

Palms trail against my crawling skin,
Branding me forever in a sin
That remains forever forefront in my mind
Curling and crawling, a snake in kind.

Words and breath crack my ears,
Sending me spiraling into lonely fears
Some of which cloud happy thinking
Of a possible future without darkness slinking.

A heart cruelly, painfully shatters
Venomous spite, the soul in tatters
Emotional, physical, pain in all sense
You'd think I'd have realized the pretense.

Writing a poem to try to forget,
But I'm stuck, my mind won't let
The memory fade, the blood and pain
Of a betrayal so deep I still feel stained.

It only got worse, I never realized
I was living in a hell specifically designed
To keep me isolated, lost and alone
To keep me away from hope and home.

Deep down I'm broken. I'll never recover
Because the memory will stay with me forever.