POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
(is not a disorder. It’s a natural response.)
Memory has a claw
Not its own,
A fear filled hook
Of the past,
Crawling nearer,
Fully equipped to clench
The exposed heart,
Shoving its nails into and
Spreading
Grief
Through
The chambers,
Annihilating what
Joy
Is sheltered there.
G. M. Goodwin
May 13, 2013
Playing Fair and Being Kind 
True words and powerful images.
Thanks, Lynne. This one needed a few edits. It’s a little better and I feel o.k. to publish it here.
Your words speak to me.
I would expect so, Nina. We mirror each other closely.