- ▴△ Lyssa Trinity △▴
Trauma
I can still taste the trauma
Leaking from my mouth
It’s bitter & cold
like the bottom of a tree
After a long winter has passed
There’s something so familiar about it
Something so true
It’s unearthing what is deep inside of me
Waiting to become anew
I consider sipping something
To ease these unsettling sensations
But then I’m reminded
Of what is waiting if I just face them
So I taste the pain, I feel it in bones & remind myself that I am never alone
The waves of grief that wash over me remind me what it means to be human
To feel it all in order to heal it all
If I could only memorize the taste of bliss
then anytime bitterness decided to present me
with an unwarranted kiss...
I would smile, relax my lips
& remember this.

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