S.O.A.P.H.I.A - AUTHOR S.Z.BEST - SONGS OF A POET - HOMELESS IN AUSTRALIA - THE ECHOED MIND 9P
P. 1 of 2 A Word from the Author - 07 June, 2022 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Trauma plagued my life with fear, with devastating effects, I want to forget What I witnessed, I do very much regret Threatened by people, I would not expect Threatened with serious injury, neglect, even death Intense fear felt, more so helplessness known The horror of the scenes, disorganised my life The persistence, re-experiencing, the intrusiveness of images My perception not my own, so I kept my distance Dreams plagued me with nightmares Reliving it all, while I sleep The exposure, so constant, internally awakening What resembles in the days, I pull away I pull away from myself too, avoiding any re-occurrence I still remember who I was before, but I can't get back I cause more problems in my life, because, now I can't trust love I avoid people, places which cause any recollection, can this be undone? I need to change what I can't always remember in detail So much recollectio
