Fireworks

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.