Memories
They say that
when you experience
something traumatic
your mind can block it out
to protect you.
What if all of those
missing memories
from my childhood,
and teenage years,
and last week,
have all been blocked out?
What if I've experienced
terrible things
that I can't remember
and nobody tells me because
like my mind
they're trying to protect me
from the horrible truth?
Or maybe
my life is fine
and my childhood
was really happy
and I just want to feel
like I have a reason
to be as depressed
as I am.