Peeling, fading, fragmented residue,
crumbling, falling, eroding away.
Rewinding over and over again,
trapped between that time and present day.
Memories probed, but unsuccessfully,
no further inkling of anything more.
Dark menacing anger thrashes around,
with each attempt to open that door.
Hostile, dangerous brutal attacks,
increase in strength and frequency.
Terror real, but mystery remains,
~what the meaning behind this could be.
Sudden soft light whispers knowingly,
that brings repressed memories to mind.
Whispers expound into clarity,
the action that's needed to unbind.
Revisit that day and open the door,
forgive the child that is trapped there.
They bear no fault for what happened that day,
show you now understand and do care.
Peeling, fading, fragmented residue,
explodes and is finally blown away.
Pressure released, darkness expelled,
redemption brought the light back to day.





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