On a Loop Repeating

We are all projection screens
projecting scenes
on a loop repeating
old patterns
past wounds
shredding scars
open bleeding
just this once
every time

We are all tangled feeling
surface words smacking and stealing
rubber glue games hurling fear
minutes gone
days, years
it was only a second
you were just here
time gets lost
in the crossfire

We are all love, fear, hope, death
simple elements
the chatter scream is excess
days that end in why
fire trials
scorched earth
shaking breath
psyches burned
treading lightly on the lie