New Beginnings:
Together forever, I believed in fairy tales. Behind closed doors, a single emotion unveiled. Deafening silence; weeks, months, more often years. Shattered rapidly by Accusations, insults and profanity. The true catalysts beneath my fears, I try desperately not to fear. Make the world go away, I cannot take part today. No light——No tunnel. Every rule, carved in stone, No chance for compromise, I stand alone. Isolation, denial, depression —- my sanity in question. Bruises no one will ever see, no one that is, but me. The fault was this, the fault was mine, Change comes slowly and is rarely kind. But as I fall asleep tonight; Under My pillow, no pocket knife. Certain now, the morning light, In time, the nightmares too will fade; For new beginnings not yet made
A Poem Written by a Local 009 Member