Best Poems Written by Shaun Wilson

The Road To the Beginning

WITH MY MASK ON AND MY ARMOR TUCKED TIGHT
MY MOM OUTSIDE, NO LONGER A PART OF MY FIGHT
I WALKED IN THE DOOR, SMILE IN TACT
"HI, MY NAME IS SHAUN" STILL PLAYING MY ACT
THE FIRST GROUP WE HAD, I FELT SO ALONE
SHAKING WITH FEAR, JUST MY SMILE WAS SHOWN
HOW LONG COULD I HIDE ALL OF THIS PAIN
ON THE OUTSIDE IT'S SUNNY, ON THE INSIDE IT'S RAIN
ONE BY ONE THEY PICKED ME APART
EMOTIONS RAN HIGH, TEARS FELL WAS MY START
LEFT STANDING WET EYED, ARMOR AT MY FEET
HOW COULD I FEEL SO GOOD, WHEN SHAUN HAD BEEN BEAT
I WOULD SOON FIND OUT, HOW MANY WERE PROUD
WHEN THEY ALL STARTED CLAPPING, MAN IT WAS LOUD
WHY WAS I HIDING? THE ONLY ONE HURTING WAS ME
TWELVE YEAR OLD SHAUN DIDNT WANT YOU TO SEE
THE PAIN HE WAS FEELING FOR SO LONG NOW EXPOSED
A NEW SHAUN EMERGED FROM MY HEAD TO MY TOES
IM HEARING THINGS WITH BRAND NEW EARS
FEELINGS I HAVENT FELT IN SO MANY YEARS
IM SEEING THINGS WITH BRAND NEW EYES
A LITTLE BOY COMING FROM BEHIND A SMILE OF LIES
NOW A MAN EQUIPPED WITH NEW TOOLS
THANKS TO WILSON HALL AND ITS FEW SIMPLE RULES
THANKS TO EVERY BROTHER IN BETWEEN THESE WALLS
AND THE TREATMENT TEAM 
FOR GOING BEYOND WHAT DUTY CALLS
WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THIS STORY I TELL
TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME
AND ALL WILL BE WELL

Copyright © Shaun Wilson | Year Posted 2006