Take flight, my pains
I am letting you go.
Tired to be anchored on this barren ship,
getting haunted in the dark,
shackled still in silence.

Take flight, my memories.
I am letting you go.
Tired to be kept up in swirling darkness,
time ticking, feeling antsy, in suspended animation...
ravaged by imagery I do not want to remember.

It feels like the world has slowed down,
and I am standing in the darkness of a disco place,
lights blaring, the scene in front of me: carnage.
I can't seem to move. Trapped. Helpless.
I want my mom to pick me up.

Take flight.
Please let me go.