Remember to Forget - Tiles

Dignity in hand

Trapped inside a vacuum

Hostage in wonderland

I try to run slipping and sliding

Stumbling blindly off the cliff

What if — adrift — I can’t get back?

Numb I can’t understand what’s been done

By the other hand

This is now it’s not the same

The anguish calls to stake its claim

Sharp in relief time creeps on by

I try to make my peace

With what is and what might be

Home in another time

Memories persist without rhyme

Sounds trigger thoughts trigger pain

Whispers of doubt still remain

Clinging to regret

I struggle to resist

Scars that won’t forgive

Can’t I remember to forget?

Paranoia building a wall

Naïve misconceptions

Feeding a future I cannot recall

Chaos as I think and feel

Groping blind for the truths that I conceal

All alone upon my throne

Intentions fail to lift the stone

Wear the badge of resentment proud

I try to make my peace

With what is and what might be

Home in another time

Safe and secure of some things

I could be assured

Walk the slippery slope of the past

I choose to dress up my burden

Call it salvation as it drags me down

I try to make my peace

With what is and what might be

Home in another time

Memories persist without rhyme

Sounds trigger thoughts trigger pain

Whispers of doubt still remain

Shackles rust as I release the past

Free from bitterness

Without looking back I can remember to forget