Dark Memories

Dark memories haunt me in the night,

The terror of past lives take flight.

My mind is tortured, my soul in pain,

I'm always trying to escape this strain.

I hear the echoes of distant screams,

My body shudders, it knows what it means.

The darkness that follows, it never fades,

My body trembles, my heart is afraid.

The nightmares of war, they're never far,

They haunt my every waking hour.

My soul is scarred, my heart is broken,

My PTSD, it's never spoken.

My life, it's changed, my mind, it's bent,

My trauma, it's never relent.

My body and soul are in a state of shock,

It's hard to deal with, the PTSD clock.