Rooms and Corridors

  Thursday 26 th 9.00 am I am capable of fighting the demons and hurt within me I, on my best days, (on every day at the moment), am capable of managing, suppressing and living with those demons and hurt. When I am strong I can. I fear one day I will not be strong enough Not be able to fight or suppress And on that day I will succumb to The ultimate darkness, the long-lasting sleep

Over the years I have accumulated a number of boxes Over the years I have placed emotions experiences hurts in these boxes Enclosing, contained, within six sides   Each box is packed away, with all the others carefully placed in a room the door is closed as I leave the box in the room off a corridor I walk along the corridor past the rooms Moving on I manage my boxes I manage their content By moving along the corridor Past closed doors Moving on I know what is in some boxes   Some boxes have been there so long I have forgotten their content or where I have put them   these are my boxes of hurt from a long time past