Old wounds and fire flames
A searing pain, tearing through the heart Old wounds woken up by but a sentence Frail are the workings of human nature Even frail are their limitations of survival A prick, and another- life all but trickled out Neither can the sentence be responded to, nor ignored Each prick taking away part of my life here and beyond Each prick a tug at the conscience for all the hurt before Grew all the sense of guilt and pain Anger and betrayal, forgiveness and forgetfulness For a minuscule moment of the world was but the world to me My world turned upside down and inside out and lost to the elements All was lost, all was disillusioned and so was I How and when life remained I do not know Yet, remained and survived life did Trusting people was just a bit hard, emotions even harder Yet, life sprang forth from within the abyss of despair Flowed forth, sprouting hope and inspiring life Burst into a fire flame of unquenchable thirst, A thirst to live, love and love unconditiona...