Do you remember who you were
Who you were before you broke
Before the bile of life, rose up in your throat
And you began to choke?
Before the mirrors became clouded
Your reflection just a blur
Mascara tears all over your face
Do you remember who you were?
Before your eyes stared in disbelief
And your heart stopped beating too
Before it was too painful
Simply being you?
Do you remember how you smiled
Or hear your laughter on the breeze
Your balanced walk on railroad tracks
Before falling to your knees?
Do you remember that hope
You spread far and wide
Your passion for living
Do you recall how it died?
Have you banished the ghosts
From every room,
Or does opening a door
Still fill you with doom?
Have your demons found refuge
Or do they still scream inside
Like the skeletons you can’t bury
Do they eat you alive?
Does memory Lane
Feel like Martinsville speedway
Are you still holding onto
What you never had the chance to say?
When you sit at your table
Is anyone there?
Or have you found solace with
All the empty chairs?
Are you living life
Or surviving one more day
Hell bent on keeping
Everyone at bay?
Do you hold tight to the comfort
And are you truly at peace
In your life of solitude
Are you finally at ease?
Do you still hold your breath
Are you still biting your tongue
Or have you finally accepted
You are whole as ONE?
03/30/2019
