It’s scary how a few seconds can change your life forever,

Your life as you previously knew it, gone, forever.

It changes the way you see people, the way you act, the way you trust, the way you see yourself.

Everything has changed.

A piece of me died that night,

A piece of me I shall never get back.

My innocence taken in the blink of an eye,

Awake at night I now just sit and cry.

Haunted my flashbacks and nightmares,

I have no where to turn,

No one to speak to .

You got the easy escape route, I’m left here to suffer, how is that fair?

I wish I could understand how the brain works,

What went through your head to make you think this was right?

Why did my brain freeze and not let me move?

So many questions and never any answers.

Anger and frustration,

Turned to sadness and depression.

Guilt and self blame led to confusion,

Too many emotions for one to cope with.

Not only did you hurt me,

I took that hurt out on myself.

Drinking too much, not eating enough,

Too many pills and cuts too deep.

You left me with scars,

Deeper than those I’ve given myself.

And though I may not yet be fully healed,

I am on the road to recovery and that is enough for me.