Once Again

This is a poem I wrote in the mid-1990s. It's a poem about having to deal with pain that you thought had gone away.


Old wounds have been ripped apart
Once again
And I must try to heal
Them now
The pain comes rushing back
To me
Swallow my pride and try to face
The past
As it stares me right in
The eyes
And there's no turning away
From it
So now I must try to
Stand tall
And make the pain
Go away
And heal my wounds
Once again