Pandora's box opened
self-esteem caught a train
Life now in turmoil
sanity trying to regain
Desolate and lost
past memories invade
Night terrors haunting
reality beginning to fade
Now an occupational hazard
what happened to the real me
Each day an obstacle course
when will I ever be free
Prison sentence of the mind
feeling isolated and confused
Running trying to escape
many years of horrid abuse
Each day a battle
trying to reach the light
Never giving up hope
praying with all my might
Pouring my heart out
with paper and pen
Searching for some peace
for this nightmare to end
Relying on my family
who are right by my side
Helping me battle the darkness
protecting me from the world outside
Diagnoses has been provided
still searching for the key
I will never give up the fight
someday I will be free
Author notes
Option #
3. In the prime of his/her career, a person suddenly becomes incapacitated due to becoming severely depressed and suffers from flashbacks due to post traumatic stress disorder from an abusive childhood.
I used the words
self-esteem, desolate, isolated, obstacle, occupational, diagnosis
This poem is based on my own life experiences. One day Pandora's Box opened and many memories flooded back of years of horrid abuse as a child, a person I thought who was functioning well on the outside suddenly and completely feel apart and became afraid of the world. I do not go anywhere without my husband Jason and pretty much now am a prisoner in my own home. I have been to many doctors and tried many medicines but none have seemed to helped I still keep praying that one day I will find the key to finding me again. I write alot of poetry to help me deal with my depression and anxiety, and to try to let others know who suffer from PTSD they are not alone.
If anyone knows who the author of above photo is please let me know so I may credit them, thanks.
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- It's Only a Dream if You Don't DO IT! by kareneisenlord.
3500 points, ended September 16, 11 entries
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*hugs* Take things one day at a time and you will get through. i have faith in you. Congrats on your silver trophy. You have been hoodwinked because someone cared about you.
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Hood-Wink!
You're rhyming is so impeccable - I wish I could rhyme -
Pandora's box has always been interesting to me; I still think Dora the Explorer was named after it
Fantastic imagery, strength and flow, and from a word bank too! 
too fantastic 
Congratulations on the Silver!
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Stay safe
~Manda
apologies on the late hood-wink!
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Wow! Very intense and very deep. Thanks for your entry.
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This is such a brave and determined poem. So many need to read this and draw strength. Good luck in the contest. God bless.
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I know your story.. you have touched my heart
you are my dear one I keep in thought
you always pen your heart to weep
someday my love I pray you have peace
many hugs and love Angel♥
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Can you explain Pandora's box to me please? I've never known what that was.
The picture if fantastic, for me, I focused on the little cross in the background and it signified reaching out to something with all you have but the flesh and objects are holding you back.
Desolate and lost
past memories invade
Night terrors haunting
reality beginning to fade
The rhyme in this was amazing, and the poem was so descriptive. Great job!! -
This is great Theresa each day is a battle. sure is!!
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oh, hon ~ I can so relate to this, being there in many ways myself. It describes it so well and poetically; but very sad indeed. yes, we can only keep hoping and looking for the help and the healing. don't give up and keep the faith! you have such a beautiful, loving family. that in itself is more than many have for support. it is such a blessing! hold them close...
thank you for your entry!
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Very well done indeed, my best wishes.
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Depression often goes unrecognised as a disability which means sadly that some depressives don't always get the help they so desperately need. As a Bi-Polar myself I suffered for years but finally with the help of the correct drugs have found my key. It's a struggle to keep the key somedays but I have learnt to fight back from my 'black hole' and I truly hope you do also....I shall be thinking of you.....Lulu x
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Excellent
Nice rhythm and rhyme - and you opened your wounds for all to see - very brave.
We who have been abused are forever prisoners. The person or persons who hurt us may not remain in our lives, but they haunt us...hunt us down in the middle of the night and make themselves at home. Another look at your strength and ability to make a reader feel.
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Entrapment of a kind hich I feel we've all felt before. It's delerium of a kind that one would wish it was no more. This is dark, felt that.
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"self-esteem caught a train" I love that line. Really good stuff.
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