A Haunted Past... Poem by chantelle ribeiro

And so it begins
This strange chapter
of self discovery
of healing
A haunted past
The layers peeled away
Revealing a naked truth
From deep within voices echo
The remnants of another time
When fear let me lock away
the bitterness and pain inside
The laughter of a child
Distant thunder rumbles
Her silhouette against an angry sky
The day that child died
I think of her often
Staring in a mirror
Trying to find a trace of her
in my haunted eyes...