Consequences

The pain is leaking
Don’t want it to start
Leaving me swinging
From head to heart
And back again

Innocuous words
Trivial conversations
Like shining swords
Perform ablations
On my soul

Distance is approaching
But will it bring relief
Or is more pain encroaching
Leaving only disbelief
At my stupidity

Batten down the hatches
Build a better fortress
Prevent any relapses
Avoid future tortures
Embrace only truth

There’s moments I forget
The one golden rule
Which is never regret
No matter how much fuel
Feeds that desire

But the decision made
At a specific time and date
Dominoed and ricocheted
Through time and space
Like a hollow point

To time travel back
And decide not to go
Is an aphrodisiac
My brain likes to show
On the big screen