Please release me from these shackles
that bind my heart
and penetrate my soul
as only the tears of a hungry, young child do.
Clean away the cobwebs that cover my mouth
that have kept me silent for all these years
and left me without a voice to call my own
like a mute person yearning to speak.
Release the steel traps that cover my ears
that have kept me from hearing the truth
and pushing away all of the pain
as only a person in denial can.
Untie the knots that bind my hands
that have kept me from raising up in anger
and forming my own kind of defense
as a young person that is helpless.
I was and still am.
This is all that I ask.
To take back the life
that I had planned for myself
as a young dreamer does....
I still have time. |
