PTSD doesn't just happen
To soldiers
But also to those
That have suffered trauma
Of any kind

Flashbacks
Triggers
Are horrid
No control over what
And when they'll hit

Being bedridden
Stop breathing
Happened 2 years ago
Tomorrow

Yet
Today
When I'm well
The image
Comes searing into my head

With lightning speed
Causing shakes
Collapsing in tears
On the hammock

Weeping for a time passed
When death crept in
Nearly taking me
Crying so hard
Muscles within whole body ache

Getting support
Immediately
Slowly stops the
Flashbacks

As I ask my angels for help
To get rid of that image
Once and for all
July is a hard month
2nd year in a row

Or really perhaps 3rd
Given the original year
I was actually experiencing
It in the real
Not thinking I'd survive

Tuesday is
August 1st
2 years since the miracle
What I have to focus on

To get through
This scary experience
Celebration on the way
2 days to go.....I got this!