A Town Without Pity- poem about childhood abuse

For a boy

who dreamed

like boys do of playing with

their trains and games and

hiding seek with friends

Not

as this boy was

his innocence so abused

and lost forever for being

just a boy in this town that

showed no pity

For a Boy

who wanted to be loved

shielded by his parents

and shown the proper way of

loving and being loved

But

instead he was traded off

by so many people and used for

their own physical pleasures and

mind games of lies and deceit

A child

plucked from the vine

full blossom and ripe and told

by them it was the right thing

to please and smile and let be done to

Him

the acts that soothed their vices

for awhile and filled their carnal desires

while putting

in his sweating palms the silver

pieces to show him that they cared for

what he just gave up his dignity and

tenderness of youth unspoiled

Just knowing that he made them happy

was all he could feel but asking himself

why me Lord for I am the innocent child

 

Broken

for their pleasures over me so should I

let myself be the aim of their desires for

always or will they stop the touching and

caressing of my body and soul and set

me free to be just a boy with dreams

of playing with his trains and games and

hiding seek with his friends again

His world

is spinning out of control now

and the water is no longer shallow as he

slips beneath the murky darkness and

weeds entwine his body while he

drifts into a world of wonderment and

light no longer feeling the caresses

from above or the dirt under his soul

that they left him with each

time they played their games and

touched his sadness and broken

Heart

He is finally free so clean

pure and running in the fields of lilies

and daffodils chasing the colorful kite

as it blows gently by the breath of God

who cleaned him up and gave back his

soul and righteousness

This boy

who dreamed of trains and games

and playing hiding seek with his friends

no longer in a town without no pity

But

forever playing with the angels hiding but

seeking no longer for he is found and

saved by faith

 

© Copyright 2011 by Vincent Moore. All rights reserved

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