• How Much Time Must Pass...?

    The anger,
    The humiliation,
    The resentment,
    The hurt,
    The pain...
    It was gone.
    It was all gone.
    I'd gotten over it.
    But then...
    This happened...
    And it all came back.
    I don't like this at all.
    It's always coming back.
    When it's gone I should be happy,
    But I know it's coming back.
    Who can smile,
    When they know it's going to return?
    When they know it's going to hurt again,
    When they know...
    That this happiness won't last long.
    Who could smile...
    When they know it's gone,
    Just so it can return,
    To pick at your scars
    So they can open into wounds and bleed again.
    All over again.
    And again, and again.
    Sometimes you wonder how much more you can take,
    And when you think you've reached your limit,
    It hits you tenfold.
    And you wish it to go back.
    But it doesn't.
    It just digs deeper into your heart and crushes the remainders.
    And when you find a bandage for the wound, it just falls loose.
    The wrapping never holds tight enough.
    And eventually...
    You wish you could bleed to death.
    But these are just emotional wounds.
    Wounds of the heart.
    And those are supposed to heal with time.
    The only question now is...
    How much time must pass before you no longer feel their effects...?