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Moriah Smith Poem
I am told to stay quiet
I am expected to hide
But how can I do that
When there's a pedophile by your child's side?
He sat there with me
Just like he does with her
Now I can't forget
All the pain, all the hurt
When I told my story
Six years after the fact
My father said I "flirted"
That I was asking for his attack
Did I make him coerce me?
Did force him into my bed?
You tell my 14 year-old self
What was going on in his 25 year-old head
Explain to me how three men called "shepherds"
Can sit across from a child and say
"You're not sorry enough to God,
And now YOU have to pay"
I abandoned God that day
I was told to "trust in God,"
That in time he'd "make things right,"
Why is it then that this rapist
Continues to sleep well at night?
Why didn't those "loving shepherds"
Call the cops that day?
I was crying and begging for help
But all they could say was "wait and pray..."
Copyright © Moriah Smith | Year Posted 2018
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Moriah Smith Poem
Please, bring your light to me.
Please, I cannot see.
I am just a child,
And I need you here for me.
Why am I alone now?
You promised me your love,
You said I was a gift to you,
From your God above.
Yet, I'm now abandoned,
I am shamed by you and yours,
I'm broken in every way,
But you choose to shut your doors.
Do my tears and pain mean nothing?
Is this the joy He promised?
Turning mother against daughter,
Yes, praise your precious psalmist.
Copyright © Moriah Smith | Year Posted 2018
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Moriah Smith Poem
I'm shattering inside myself
I'm not sure who I am to be
Without the love of them, I know
It's much harder to feel free
A piece of me is trapped within
The cage I've left behind
And despite the time and distance
The past keeps tugging at my mind
So what am I supposed to do
With the memories of those I love
When I am nonexistent
In the shadow cast by Him above
What can a single human do
Competing with the "three fold cord"
It's not as if I left you behind
Simply since I was bored
I'm shattering inside myself
Can you hear me calling out your name
Without the love of them, I know
My life will never be the same
Copyright © Moriah Smith | Year Posted 2018
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