Lawful but not beneficial

Thoughts hammer my mind

Bringing images of sordid experiences;

Some life threatening.

Then I shift images to the pleasant

He who stood to better me his enemy

Once or more than, did much in my favour.

So now to ponder the past to me is lawful

But to whom beneficial if aroused from sleep

will that be; what gains apart from venomed hate.

Sometimes History yearns for a crib rest

And we for the sake of others

Must let it rest in peace.