Until Today - Visitor's Poem

by Alma
(Chicago, IL, USA)

I was trapped
I felt like I couldn't breath
nightmares
you were in every single one of them
all I can see
skin
hands
legs
me
my body
you
you
you
fear kept me quiet
I couldn't scream
all I could do was pray
god please do something
then one day you were gone
but you have lived in my head ever since
until today
today I'm free
I'm going to forget
you
nightmares
skin
me
everything
I'm going to live again
be free
be happy
and just keep going on with life
today is the beginning