My Shield - rewritten

Hmmm, I need to remember to be careful with the declarative statement 'I am'.

Declaring 'I am' makes it so.

I originally ended "My Shield" with the statement 'I am wounded and I cry".

Since I don't want to remain wounded,  I'm re-writing the last sentence of "My Shield".

I need to still be strong

The darkness comes

When least expected now

Much harder to ignore.

Early in my grieving

I wore my numbness

As my armor, a shield

Against the pain.

With more awareness

Now than numbness

My shield is slowly lowering

Too heavy to keep high.

So pain comes now

As arrows from a bow

Some miss, some hit their mark

Wounded again, I cry.








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