Full Circle Around Poem by Kathryn Brookins

So many years have gone by and passed into the past.
Working so hard to forget it all, and let it lie at last.
Twelve years, a long time indeed...
I had no want and certainly no need.
However, here it comes again, showing its face.
The past was well hidden, not even a trace.
As I sat here, comfortable in my life,
the past came back to stab me with a wicked knife.
This trick was pulled once before.
Twelve years ago, the cause of me walking out the door.
Now, twelve years later, the same trick circles around..
I had no warning, there was no visual or sound.
And yet, the phone rang and the pain began..
I didn't want to sit, yet, I could not stand.
Then the next day... all was resolved and calm.
My face no-longer rested in my palm.
Anger set in as the truth surfaced and claimed,
all the wrong you did me, and all the suffering blame.
But I am okay now, all will be fine.
There can be no more crossing of the thin line.
You can not affect me as you once could...
being your daughter doesn't mean you should.
That title gives you no right,
to cause me anxiety and mental fright.
Twice now, you have managed to rally me up,
but I am a human being, not some silly pup.
I am older now, and your games are suspended...
regaurdless of what you had, or had not intended.
Rest, and heal yourself, and be well with who you are,
because I have, and I am, in my life... the brightest star.
You took so much away that can not be given back...
but there is nothing in these years that I have lacked.
Greatful to know how you are in your place,
now excuse me as I bow out with sullen grace.

By: Kathryn Brookins