This Road: (I have walked this road before…..)

By Rachel Hazlewood

Somewhere faintly whispering in the shadows of my mind

Through an erstwhile firmly shuttered door

A distant thought – a memory I’d hoped I’d never find

I remember: I have walked this road before.

I have felt this empty chasm, strange detachment from the world

I have lived with this confusion and despair;

The routine and the rhythm once more have been unfurled

My coping strategies no longer there.

The future so uncertain, so many things unknown

One more time my mind and body cast adrift:

No words can ever tell you how exhausted I have grown,

How can I once again my spirits lift?

My mind confused and foggy; my body tired and weak;

‘Please not again,’ I hear myself implore:

A monumental effort needed to avoid a future bleak:

I remember: I have walked this road before…..