FLASHBACKS

I no longer wish to cry
You are tired, so am I
I don’t want to shed more tears
But I have these ancient fears
That once again they will embrace me
I hide from shadows and they will trace me
The shadows of my yesterday
The shadows that will come and stay

I don’t wish to embrace pain
But it embraces me again and again
I don’t want to stay awake and weep
But these flashbacks don’t let me sleep