Taboo

Never speak the truth Keep it bottled inside Never speak the horror It’s something I must hide I can’t release the pain That was caused upon to me I can’t release the mental anguish And the endless years of misery Why is a societal taboo? When all I speak is the truth Why do so many people shun What is so clearly putridly uncouth? Write about all cheerful things Never about your past Write about sunsets and rainbows Forget and allow the hurt to pass I’m sorry, but I can’t do that I was sexually molested as a child Three adult male cousins Took my innocence as they smiled Forgiveness I have given To each and every one But the pain and scars I still bear Over the mental abuse that they have done © Stacy Lynn Stiles