New Beginnings

I have forgotten how to feel; With each punch even more damage done; The moments I should remember slowly fade; Defense mechanism for the ones who love too much; Possessing the heart of a champion battle worn with emotional amnesia; Emotions erupt with pain and become embers of an internal fire; Gaping wounds delay my response; Muffling every instinct numb to the warmth of sentiment; Trying to give happiness the benefit of the doubt I enter the ring; Beaten over and over barely making it out; Left bloody; I have forgotten how to feel breathing through the pain; Still my champion’s heart beats; Determined; Demanding I remember the giddy of happily ever after and the promise of new beginnings.