Safe

When you look over your shoulder

and your shadows do still follow

You are safe.

When on your chest there sits a boulder

and your heart beats slow and shallow,

You are safe.

When you hear him in a silence

and your ghosts begin to gather

You are safe.

When you observe familiar violence

and you feel as if you’re shattered

You are safe.

When you sense the sting of sadness

and you start to wonder why

When your mind gets filled with madness

and though it’s far-removed, you cry

When you ask questioned unanswered

and you dwell on what was taken

When you start to empathize and

ask yourself, “was I mistaken?”

Take a moment to let it flood

Let the hurt boil your blood

Breathe in deeply, let it out

You are safe where you are now.