My son wrote me a poem today...and I normally would not do this......but
I love my mom
She loves me
She is kool
I LOVE YOU SON!
Men stare and touch me
Drag me across unknown territories
Treat as me as inferior
All to get a little trim
Prairie winds blowing
I wish I weren’t going
I‘m just a simple peasant girl
No need for whirls
I am not a pearl
I’m a little Chinese girl
Not aiming to please
How many have died
out on those plains
Waiting for the homeland
How many burials never marked
Scattered across the west
Tributes to an unknown slavery
Prairie winds blowing
I wish I weren’t going
I‘m just a simple peasant girl
No need for whirls
I am not a pearl
How do you stop living in the past?
Shutting out memories is inconceivable…
Trying to face them makes you weak…
Acceptance doesn’t rid you…
Leaving is obsolete….
Nasty memories stalk sanity….
You cannot escape with sleep….
Dreams are vivid reminders…
They bring the dead back..
And make the living dead…
All behind your closed eyelids
In moments of peace
Memories rush at you
Crushing solitude into
A million little pieces
You never feel safe
From those haunting
Bits of time
That devour your soul
Fresh memories never erase
Only make more poignant
Those demonic memories
THAT REFUSE TO LEAVE
So the question remains
How do you stop living in the past
Shutting out inconceivable memories
That weakens you
Perhaps ripping your soul to shreds
Propagating your own death
Will finally release you
Into total oblivion