Long, Long Ago

It all seems so far away now.All the pain from long, long ago. Still healing I am, yet having no plan, this is the only way that I know. Though many years have passed by.Each night I still cry, from the trauma of long, long ago. I was just a young boy when it happened. Not understanding what life was about. I was the first son,of two I was one. The protector, I am, without any plan, I absorbed it all up like a sponge I accepted it all, no other would fall To the stappings my old man would deal. Soon I was numb, as the beatings would come Quite quickly I learned not to feel. The protector, I am, without any plan. now no bullies could ever quite hurt A child of twelve, my position I held. Now it seems like long, long ago. A fully grown man with finally a plan, With my offspring well under my wing. Their protector, for sure this lifetime and more Solid and true I write this for you my siblings, plus 3 for I am not he. The chain fully broken by me. RJM 2015