Gremlins
I don't have monkeys on my back Oh no, they be gremlins cause CPTSD Is a frozen hell within in the belly of the crying child lost in the dark out in the wild A corroding battery sold to the sin cures in gin and burns within like fire and ice churning in my gut blocked by histamine pills antacids and what pride, or self love or lack of luck Or ravens, or doves... Only universe above knows the real pain In the hub Of the innermost part Of my heart Of my bleeding will to love When the darkness hits the trees in the forest of my soul in the whispers It be told as the danger lurks in the cold There’s the axe meant to grind meant to spill all the wine down sewage pipes or to cook a swine And on the sills Of the windows to my soul are dried up tears from a grueling 38 years Of broken mirrors and hidden mold Each year a nick mark from a shard to a scar that must beam light through the tunnel with all the might I have left to fight this contentious plight My scars must beam the ...