A Healing Salve

Time is a great healer
So I have been told
Over and over again
It has been more than three years now
Since the nightmare ended
I am just now beginning to believe
That there is hope of healing
But it never would have happened
Without the support of a few faithful friends
So perhaps time is a great healer
But friendship and love
Make up the salve which should be applied
Generously and often
To those deep and scarring wounds