This poem is about a crime committed against an old friend. Her story is not over...
Can you see me?
Look at me!
You’ve lit a flame in me,
Set the fuse,
Held the torch,
Swore eternal love for me,
Promised to protect me.
I’ve always planned to love
Before you took my hearth.
I had a dream
To be my beloved’s wife,
To bear his offspring,
To care for him,
And cherish every moment
I spend with him…
One day,
Just a single moment,
When people were far away,
A monster in the night,
You stole away my purity,
In the dead of night.
Couldn’t comprehend,
What was happening to me.
Could never understand,
Your shamelessness!
You were the wolf
In sheep's skin,
Only I could see
Through your disguise…
Years of abuse,
And insecurity,
Neglect and fear.
Years of lies,
Piling up,
Clotting my growth,
Crippling my mind,
Demolishing my happiness…
I draw air
But can’t breathe.
It grows slowly
Inside me.
A spark of fury.
My suspended mourning
For a youth stolen,
For an innocence tainted,
For a soul scarred…
Look at me now!
As I blast
Before the whole world,
Telling of your sins
Against a ten year old,
Against your flesh
And your blood,
Against your first
And only
Daughter.
Can you see me?
The ghost of your sin
Will scatter in all corners
Let the truth shine
Lighting the darkness
Caused by your lies…
My truth
Forever shines…
Can you see
My shimmering
Bravery?
Can you see me?
© A Furious Child, 26 October 2014.
