Emotional Abuse

Within the confines of the prison
Lies an abandoned soul
He’s looking through the shattered prism
For emotions to take hold

He’s searching for the pain and pleasure
To acquire a human form
Within the exploration
Begins the evil storm

Security is distant
And melancholy strikes
The victim is resistant
And hides his saddened eyes

The sense of self is broken
The roles are undefined
A place of isolation
In a lost and cluttered mind

Intolerable injustice
Insufferable grief
Unbearable confusion
In answers that he seeks

Reclaiming the connection
Is his essential feat
He must untangle cobwebs
That frame over his deceit

Obstructions are arising
And trust is growing dim
There gathers disappointment
The outlook being grim

His only expectation
Must come from unity
And gathered from a viewpoint
Of sensibility

Oh, rise up our hero
And care for your own self
You’ll come out of destruction
And cease this torturous hell….
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Lamoureux Avatar
September 3, 2017 at 9:20 AM
Thanks for entering my contest and talking about a difficult topic.
Barden Avatar
September 2, 2017 at 8:42 PM
Very powerful and important, Alona, and so well-written! Blessings and congrats on your win - love this! :-)
May Avatar
September 2, 2017 at 12:00 PM
Congrats on your win Alona
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