Reflections of Self

Here I am putting pen to paper
thought to written word,
words I’ve choked on for lifetimes
yet as they come spilling out from the abyss within,
dark corners are left empty,
and malevolent beings dance in the absence of light. 

Mind left scarred,
torn to shreds by the trauma and 
dysfunction from the past,
assumptions left hanging like plot threads, 
pull them and you unravel me,

unravel the secrets of who I am…