post-traumatic stress disorder, as defined by Merriam-Webster, means: a psychological reaction occurring after a traumatic experiencing a highly stressing event
The word ‘remember’ is a trigger
Such a small word that evokes something bigger
The sound of a car horn makes my rigid body stiffer
Because it reminds me of where I was when I pulled the trigger
The word itself is a double meaning
A disorder in itself that keeps screaming
And I’m left alone in the night to keep seeing
The sight of my attacker as he’s bleeding
Though they say that I did nothing wrong
That he would have killed me so play the ‘self-defense’ song
But taking a life to save my own
Fills my head with gunshots even when I’m alone
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