Blunt Arrow

Yesterday

you pierced me

and left me bleeding

for days.

Today

you are merely

a straw

that bounces off my chest

powerless.

Yesterday

you ploughed through my mind

dredging up

all sorts of things.

Today

you are the summer breeze

gently flowing

over my lawn

and not even

a blade of grass

moves.

Yesterday

you stuck to me like a leech.

Today

you slide off me

as if

I am coated with Teflon

as I look on

amazed.

Today

I walk bare chested

in the battlefield of my mind

knowing

that arrows which pierce me today

will tomorrow

pass

right through me.