Challenge
Lessons learned
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." (Khalil Gibran) Poetry or prose.
Ring Side Seats
Bullet holes and death
I know better than my therapist.
Stare at me before you diagnose me
Talk a little, hear my tales.
Matter of fact let me help you,
Pick you up from your pity stupor;
That abuse you’ve poured
Takes its toll .
Round six of this fight and
I’m floored.
You’ve toured my mind
What do you think?
Blood splattered on the ring
Think this congested chest
Is worth my end?
Tell me when I return.
I’ve learned to dodge and
Weave, roll if I have to
Take the abuse down low
With my guard up
Speak from your chair
I’ve had enough.
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