I Keep Her Safely Tucked Away
Childhood truth is tucked away good and hard
Hurting no one but me,
I dare not take her out even for a brief peek
for to look at her would make her real again.
Give her even more power
Which I dare not do
for I have so little left now....
I know not what else she could take from me
She has taken so much already
What little is left I throw onto a canvas
and paint into my dreams
and write bits and itsy bits about
Little by little
As she takes a piece of my soul away
and squirrels it where no one dares to go
not even me in my most enlightened hours.
So I keep her there, tucked, safely away
where she cannot hurt me
or take any more of my
power for if she did
what of me could
possibly
remain?
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2019
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