Herone Within Trumps Bad Label
A delicate ego, fragile, hypervigilant, easily broken.
A frightened ego.
Hidden in self shadow, scared,
Not easily lured out.
A well-built wall,
Constructed slowly, during hurt felt times.
A new persona. The protector, child’s own new identity.
To keep herself safe.
From the bad man.
Situation scary, heroine comes forward,
Baring teeth, biting.
Bad kid label.
Grownups misunderstand
Frightened by her fierceness,
Not recognizing a child
Just trying to survive.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2018
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