Congratulations
Congratulations, you are free now
With a master’s degree to show
You have conquered knowledge through life’s experiences
Enduring extreme trauma, drama and turmoil
You’ve travelled the path for forty-seven “fruitful” years,
Wearing the scars of life with pride
Now, equipped with a life degree.
Embrace the road ahead of you, with joy and peace,
as you lay down the brutality that you have endured
You’ve earned your life’s diploma
May its light, never fade away
Embrace the freedom, bestowed upon you,
Live your life to the fullest, as you’re destined to do.
Look forward and succeed,
live your life, paint it in vibrant colours,
leaving behind the shadows of black and whites
You’ve earned this degree, with compassion and grace
Now, embark on your journey, a new chapter to embrace.
A new chapter, riddled with fear and anxiety awaits
no one asked for the haunting presence of
flashbacks and nightmares
but life threw an unexpected curve ball at you
unexpected, unforeseen, on a sunny day
your life came to a sudden stillstand
This new chapter began in a blink of an eye
without any warning or indication
you can’t turn back the page,
nor revisit the words of the last sentence
You didn’t seek this new Chapter in your life
cause the previous one seemed perfectly fine
Sufficient for you to continue living
Yet, it sneaked up on you and knocked you over
With fear, anxiety, flashbacks nightmares and an
uncertain future looming before you
You tremble with fear, for what lies ahead of you!
CPTSD Crash 