LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE DARK TO THE LIGHT

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 TAKEN/A TRUE STORY
THE LIGHTS GO OUT.....
THE ROOM IS DARK...ALL
 I CAN HEAR IS MY BEATING
HEART...IT RACES FASTER AND FASTER...
 THE FEAR IS BACK....
THE CONTROLLING MASTER...
 I FIGHT SO HARD TO SLOW IT DOWN...
HAVING NO CONTROL I AM BOUND...
 TAKES WHAT HE WANTS.....
MY BODY'S BEEN FOUND....
 SETS AND LAUGHS AS HE TAUNTS....
MY MEMORIES HE FOREVER HAUNTS....
 THE HAND THAT WONDERS TO DISTANT
PLACES....AS HE HOLDS HIS DECEITFUL
 FACES....
    HIS PLAY TIME WAS HERE...
THE MAN I MOST FEARED...THROUGH
 ALL MY CHILDHOOD YEARS.....
HE TOOK WHAT WAS MINE...
 MY INNOCENCE,I CAN'T NO LONGER FIND..
OVER AND OVER EVERY DAY AND NIGHT...
 SCARED TO DEATH TO PUT UP A FIGHT...
WORDS HE SPOKE IN MY EAR, THREATS ON
 MY FAMILY, I HOLD SO DEAR...
SCARED TO SLEEP SO I STAY AWAKE...
 HOW MUCH MORE CAN AN 8 YEAR OLD TAKE..?
ANOTHER NIGHT....AN OLDER AGE...MY HEART,
 BODY,MIND, AND SOUL FULL OF RAGE....
13 CAME FASTER THAN HELL...OPENED A
 DOOR CAME OUT OF MY SHELL....
FIGHTING FOR WHAT WAS ONCE MINE, ONCE TAKE
 AND NOW CAN'T FIND,...
TAKEN WHEN I WAS 4, WILL LIVE THIS
 NIGHTMARE NO MORE...
THE MONSTER IS GONE,NOW THAT I'VE GROWN
 FOUND A WAY AND LEFT HOME....
MEMORIES REMAIN, THE FEAR STILL SHOWN....
 NEVER FOUND WHAT I LOST...SEARCHED
AT ALL COSTS...
 TURNED TO DRUGS TO HIDE THE PAIN....
TO LIVE IN A WORLD WITH NOTHING TO
 GAIN.......
38 YEARS OLD IT'S STILL NOT FOUND...
 MY INNOCENCE THAT WAS TAKEN..TIED
UP AND BOUND....
 IN THE END IT WASN'T MY FAULT THIS
I FOUND....
 GREW STRONGER IN THE MIND SO THAT
I COULD MOVE ON....
 ALL OF MY FEAR IS FINELY GONE!!!!!!!!
 


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