In the moments

when you’ve pinned me down

you have the control

there’s no way around

you can take what you will

in that time

you can make my will

the toy of your mind

my body you command

but my mind you can never bind

in those moments you have control

but upon your release 

again I am free

my body returned to me

and I begin the long arduous task

of healing what you’ve impaired

I begin the long grueling task

of trauma repair

though the memory remains

for a lifetime

they never go away

I am still free to be me

ever stronger, ever wiser, ever deeper

the experience becomes…

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