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Click hereIn a crowded room, I'm alone.
Surrounded, yet inside myself.
The cold floor beneath me,
As I awake in the corner again.
Hands tremble, voices echo,
Every moment frightfully relived.
Trying to protect the smaller and weak,
Never doing enough.
Nowhere to go, no way out,
Can't let anyone know.
Too much worry for everyone else,
I can't be selfish.
Young eyes look upon me,
Asking for a guiding hand.
I take his trusting hand in mine,
No one will hurt him again.
The tears won't fall,
No matter what happens.
I will not give that satisfaction,
Will I ever cry again?
Desperately wanting to let it go,
Not knowing how.
Afraid of what will happen if I start,
What if it never ends?
Sleepless nights, forgotten days.
Will I ever be enough?
He deserves so much more,
My complete honesty.
- COMMENTS
Amyfriendover 17 years agowords... it smacks of "wife abuse" and trying to protect a child. But having nowhere to turn and nowhere to go.
gotwood49over 18 years ago...you've lived this, and you write about it so well. There's therapy in these lines, my friend. I swear, for someone who has had her 'moments', your head is screwed on surprisingly tight!! lol Keep up the writing!
LeBrozover 18 years agoAnother very moving write.
Your questions seem to be answered
In "Another Brick Falls,"
And the last line you've written here.
