Child Trusts No One

child has puffy eyes
welts on her legs
eyes cast downward

professionally guarded
refusing to talk
trusting no one

closed tighter than an encyclopedia
thoroughly indoctrinated 
to not share family business

school staff is aware
tries to establish trust relationships
to no satisfactory end

child comes up missing
photo pops up on channel five news
body never found

spirit unrecovered also
a memory of a child
haunting school staff forever
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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