Lightning Flashes
Dreaming of hellfire and lightning flashes
I awoke, sifting love from the ashes.
And to my horror, I was on my own,
my parents had left for places unknown.
I was eight, yet this wasn't the first time
that I was a victim of this cruel crime.
For they'd abandon me for days on end
with naught to eat and not a single friend.
Hunger multiplied the pain in my heart
as the truth threatened to tear me apart.
And as anxieties and fears heightened,
I became inconsolably frightened.
Sinister shadows creep, and monsters roam
when silence echoes in an empty home.
And though they were gone, for many a night,
no one checked to see if I was alright.
I never understood what wrongs I'd done
that they would choose to abandon their son.
I'd prefer they had stabbed me with a knife
than scared me for the rest of my life.
(Rhyme)
6/12/2018
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2018
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