STOP!

It’s simply amazing some of the things that they say

Every moment, every minute, every hour, every day

“Never look back, look forward” but the pain lingers on

Sleep stripped of compassion, and that dread every morn

“Learn to forgive” “You can overcome this” Wait a moment

Can a life really be lived in perpetual torment?

When every moment, every minute, every hour, every day

Is filled with disgust, retribution, pain, fear and dismay

Self-incrimination, self-doubt, self-loathing and bile

And the thoughts and the actions carried out with a smile

Familiar players, unscripted acts with no happy ending

Whilst doubt festers away under the sham of pretending

That all will be right in the world in some meaningful way

That every moment, every minute, every hour, every day

Will become increasingly better as memory fades in the distance

But how can it fade when it feeds the core to existence

Lays the bricks and foundations of scars rooted deep in the mind

Continue the fight to destroy them, leave them so far behind

That every moment, every minute, every hour, every day

Can be welcomed with closure, carefree, joy, no decay

And those moments of bitterness can be swept away on a tide

Allow a flourishing life to erupt, blossom, bloom and arise

From the depths of the carnage, start on the path that climbs to the top

A journey once shortened by the failure to accept one word,

STOP!

© Fergus Martin

2012