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A Time Travelers' Confessions

A poem about C-PTSD

By Bixi HernandezPublished 9 months ago 1 min read
A Time Travelers' Confessions
Photo by Jackson Hendry on Unsplash

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I'm still at the window

But I'm scared to take your hand

What if I take your hand and we're transported through all the dark valleys of deep shadows I've ever had to walk through?

Would you let my hand go?

Did you know time travel is real?

I do it all the time

It's not some scientific mystery

Or mathematical equation

They're random portals opening up and sucking me in

Taking me back to the very moment I looked into their eyes and begged for mercy

Taking me back to the moments I was left wondering why I couldn't be human enough for mercy or compassion

Is it too much to reach for your hand when these portals open up?

But what if you get sucked in with me?

Will you go with me to the place I always went to when I had no safe place to go?

We could count the stars together

You could watch me wish on every shooting star for a better life

a happy home

a place where love is real

Did you know I didn't believe in love for years?

Now I know it's just never been for me

You should really let go of my hand now

You can't save me

I can't save me

and I'm used to walking these dark valleys of deep shadows with cold hands

without a hand to hold

Leave me at the window

waiting on them

waiting on a sign

waiting on every wish I wished upon a star

sad poetry

About the Creator

Bixi Hernandez

Hi! I'm Bixi. Your red lip coffee sipping bestie. Using my tears as pen ink is what I do best. Enjoy!

@bixi.hernandez on IG, Tiktok, and Lemon8.

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