Another nightmare

Another nightmare

Hard to breathe

Set me free from this prison of suffering

I beg you please

The agony of

Knives that cut into tender flesh

A woman’s breast

The softest most tender part of us

My throat is roar

At times I am not sure

How much more

I can take of all this invasion

But I also know there is a time

I must be strong

And find the courage to carry on

Knowing how precious each day is

How will it help you

If I come undone

But this is also my reality

To know how it feels

For a soft body

To be pierced

With metal scrapnel

Lodged so deep in flesh

As pain like wild fire sears its way

Through tissue, muscle and sinew

And all of this recent happening with you

Brings those imprints back

So much as I try not to cry

I really cannot stem this flood

Which makes me feel so small

And yet I remember too

That I did survive

And so will you

But it still hurts

My heart to know that

You must suffer so

This additional blow

After everything

That life has put you through

And I am so so very sorry too

For all the times we never knew

How to connect

And try as I might

I cannot forget that dream

That foretold of all this sorrow

I wish there was a way

We could finally find and manifest

A brighter tomorrow

But for now all I can do

Is bear witness

Holding onto hope

That in time

We will know again

Sweetness after pain

And sunshine to follow

These later years

Of such unending sorrow