A kaleidoscope of disturbing
And enigmatic images
Flash now before my mind’s eye

A cerebral menagerie
Painted from long forgotten memories
That were tucked secretly away
In the back corner of my mental studio
That are now being displayed
In my mind's personal gallery

Shocking reminders of youth;
On blood red canvases
Depicting moments of cruelty and neglect

Abstract images of confusion and loneliness
And various black and white portraits
Of heartache and pain
Now arranged in a horrific collage
Of misery before me

An unscheduled showing
To remind me of what I fought so hard to forget
And put behind me.

But as I reflect
And now admire the perplexing
And unsettling collection laid out before me
I realize how I have successfully erased my past

And have painted a new life
Full of beautiful lines and brilliant colors
And find comfort as I now let my wonderful life
Reflect the art my heart now produces.