CAN NEVER BE REPLACED “
Innocence was a feather that I kept inside
Always giving me warmth and pride
A fire that burned brightly in my eyes
There was no fear as I faced the world and tried to fly
That was before darkness came
And took everything I had inside making me the same
Darkness had been watching me
With a sick seething jealousy
Devouring the innocence that was inside
It made me as it was empty and void of life
Watching in fear as it gripped its knife
I tried to run I tried to hide
Day turned into night making me blind
My smile turned upside down
Now the jagged hateful frown of a circus clown
There was only one place that was safe
The other side of the clouds
But it was already to late
The Years came and went blown by the wind
I was a kid not a horrible sin
The tears I cried only hid the grief
they never could cover the disbelief
The path I’m on is dusty and well used
Walked by all the kids sexually abused
Wondering aloud to myself and to no one at all
Will it protect me? This wall?
Looking over the cliff I jumped to fall
The only way to get to the ground
I opened the door without making a sound
Darkness is so loud it never stops screaming
...and I…
I never stop dreaming.
Adalaine Marie Robinson