A flashback darted through my memory, So quick and so sudden, like lightening, Leaving a burning imprint on my mind, Smoking and black, Telling myself its just a fleeting memory, Of a dream perhaps, Its nothing, just forget it, The memory creeps back in more and more, Suddenly I feel the fear that was instilled in me, I now know this wasn't a dream, A memory, so dark and furious, It plays in my head like a drum, Pounding to the beat of my screams and cries, I now remember, Buried deep inside in order to survive, But I couldn't block it out forever, The piece of my life I had been missing for years, To forget was to forgive, and I know now that I will never forget.