Friday, September 5, 2014

Swirling memories of Darkness




Swirling memories of Darkness

The memories swirl around me at

An ever increasing pace
And the pain repeatedly washes over me like giant tidal waves.
I feel strangely present in my body.
Usually as soon as I feel the first invading fingers of that Darkness touch me, I
Quickly, efficiently slip out of my body.
But that initial moment of invasion has long since passed,
Giving way to the full-force onslaught of the memories.
Yet I am still very much present in my body.
I can feel the Dark fingers tugging at my mind,
Dragging up memories from the graveyard of my childhood.
Fear grips tightly around me as those Dark fingers fling one after another hurt at me.
Yet I am still here.
Pain pierces my heart and reaches up with steel fingers,
Holding tightly about my throat, trying to maintain
The deadly silence of the past.
Tears flow like a river.
I can actually feel them as they roll down my cheeks.
Heart wrenching sobs break through the strangle-hold of pain and fear.
With each body-shuddering sob, I can feel some of the pain and fear leave, with
Each gasping breath I can feel a little more life and love come in.
Now the pain has become a cleansing force, flushing out the memories that caused the pain as they rotten deep within.
The inner Darkness
Which is of others’ making is getting less and less potent as
The Light comes in.
In the Darkness’ last attempt for this round, it tells me that my truth is fear and death.
I tell the Darkness that The Truth is hope and life.




by Mindy Hawk, All Rights Reserved
 

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