Refined by the fire
Of others sins and desires 

Brash and bold
To hot to hold

Beaten with wrath
A ****** aftermath 

Left with the weight 
Of guilt and hate

Made to succumb
Reliving what was done 

Every night in my dreams 
It plays like a movie screen 

Echoes of screams
Bounce off of moon beams 

Thrashing in a sea of white 
Over and over, the same fight

There's no leaving the past in the past 
As every night it leaves me aghast 

So take that advice 
That's like raw nerves under ice

Think about it thrice
For it is far from suffice 

My war rages on
From dusk till dawn

©Pauline Russell