Haunting Memories
Haunting Memories
The Safety Zone
It feels like I have wind chimes in my feet
The tingling feeling is that intense
Pins and needles keep pestering me
But obedience is my best defense
Every single step is a painful memory
Of the childhood I never got to see
Walking on glass eggshells metaphorically
Watching my feet continually bleed
Too young to understand what was happening
So obediently I tried to be brave
Every night I had to cry myself to sleep
I hadn't even lived yet but wished for my grave
Punishment handed out like it was an offering
Like my pain was some sort of sadistic prize
Hiding away in the backyard that covered me
Holding my breath and closing my eyes
bmdavey@05/18/16
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