Write For My Life

Pounded further into the shell you built me To shelter me from the world But it’s worn and weathered and I’m unprotected I’m no longer someone’s little girl I peek out into the unforgiving world Hoping to see some familiar face But I know no protection here So began my fall from grace I stumbled out like a newborn Not knowing left or right Just wobbling on my own Into the silent night And that’s when it all began The teasing, the insults The relentless pain they heave at me And I have no haven now For I have eyes but cannot see They spit out clever scorn Abuse for the soul Addictive to them But dug in me an empty hole I had to fill it somehow I just had to find a way To find shelter again Or maybe make the pain go away That’s when I picked up a pen And wrote a few lines Maybe writing could save me Now I write for my life.