Reverberation of trauma

Peace surrounds me

Silence unquiet

Ticking of clocks

Aftershocks of living

Reverberate through my body

In the middle of the night

As in the echoing silence

Ripples rise to the surface

Of my restless body mind

Tired of the pulls of living

Trauma’s nightmare

I retreat to bed

Hoping to disappear

Thoughts of trouble and dread

Circulating round and round

Inside my head

A silent balm

Brings illusion of calm

Bathes and surrounds my body

As tiredness pulls me down

Into the obliteration

Of silence

Until shock wakes me again

Bringing me back to the surface

Of this traumatic life