Anchor

It is like an anchor,
My past...
Chained around my ankle,
Dragging me down.
I try to forget
Really, I do
But it is always there.
Why can I not free myself?
Too tightly bound
Tied and gagged
I fight
I fail
The chain tightens
The anchor drags me down
I want to forget
Truly I do
Those awful words
I still hear them
As clearly as when
They first were said

Sneering,
To my face
I remember
I remember too well
"Nobody will ever"
"Ever want you"
Words that wounded
Like the keenest blade.
Still scarred,
Here I sit wondering
"Am I good enough?"
Doubt harnesses my thoughts
And directs them
To where your words directed me
Nowhere.
I want to forget
Truly I do.
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