Shock Poem By Sue Ellson

Shock Poem By Sue Ellson It hit me I am wounded I am damaged My brain has changed My dream has waned My life is shamed Shock It hit me I am wounded again I am damaged again My brain has changed again My dream has waned again My life is shamed again A shock Another A shock Another The cycle repeats How do I recover? I strike I swear Nothing matters I cease to care It hurts It stings Nothing changes Caught in these strings A person appears Lets me share my fears A kind word is spoken I feel slightly less broken A moment in nature Puts my mind at rest I relax for a moment I feel it in my chest A stretch of my body Untangles my muscles I release the tension I feel it in my knuckles I have grasped too long That shock, that pain I will be kind to myself And triumph again I am not defin