NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT

NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT

At the end of the day
Hold an enquiry

Summoned courage
Said
Should know more
About my inner rage

Instructed myself
Not to feel miserable
Broken and abandoned

Tapped on my inner self
Got my tools
My negotiation skills

Needed it badly
For is tricky
Negotiating
With oneself and
A third party

Softly confronted
Myself and my demon
Who reluctantly agreed
To come to a meetin'

Took 24 hours
Not in a
Smoke filled room
But
An open space
With lots of room

Colourful green field
Brain stormed with myself
Until satisfied
With my inner-self

Walking up and down
Was critical of myself
Negotiation
Started in earnest
Was pleasant at first
Was
Firm with my demon & myself

Don't want to
Bore you with details
Suffice it to say
Managed to convince
My demon & enemy
My tormentor
To set me free

Release
His contolled grip over me
Over four decades
Was his prisoner
Tormentor agreed
To let me go
Stipulated
I also agree
To shed
Old memories
Should let them go

Not easy negotiating
With a demon
But
Succeeded
In convincing
Him end my suffering

Gave me a sigh of relief
Happy at my noteworthy
Achievement
Satisfying my inner self

Hope new era is Ushered in
Result of my negotiations
Triumphant
'Cos of my skills

A period
Of Reflections
Assertions
Rewarded
Freedom
From niggling
Dark thoughts

For decades
Controlled
My life
Now Regained
My inner self
Free
From The shakles
That imprisoned
My body and mind

Free at last!
Free at last!
Shouted aloud
Didn't care
Who heard
Shouted
To my self
I wanted
My inner self
To hear
And
This brought out
To the open
Mine
And my family's delight