About My Yesterday Poem by Kallie Cunningham

An urging cry
In the back of my mind
Scratching at the door
As if I was unkind
But I had my reasons
To leave it out in the rain
And it faltered away
As it began to drain
It was gone forever and ever
It will have never come back
After I'd set myself free
And my heart was back on track
I had emerged victorious
Beat the craving
To only let it back in
As it started toying and playing
For I had found fools gold
Oh, how stupid
For it had come back again
And in, I had let it
As I'd been shattered
Into a trillion
And it made me whole
As I let it back in
And as life went on
It became apart of me
And I used it now
To feel like I was free
But I was stabbed in the back
Slowly, I dripped blood
As it ate away, I was scorned
And my life turned to mud
So I summoned my strength
The power of my will
And I battled away
And it took forever, still-
I carried on
Honourable, I stayed strong
And I beat it again
Right conquered wrong
And I was free
Flying again
Only to fall
All of a sudden
And I fell to depths unknown
As I wallowed in misery
And I asked for help
To only receive pity
This thing I had accepted
This irritation
Underneath was a killer
Above, an imitation
And so I found another
Who made me today
But unlike before
Ive never truly gave way
My love was not free
It was masked from the world
As it sat in the corner
Whimpering and unheard
For I had locked it away
And swallowed the key
Followed life, without a care
Blind and sheepishly
And my empty soul
Went on till today
To finally speak out
About my yesterday