An Uneasy Recovery
The little boy was simple
The brutality nearly killed him
The evil never swallowed him
Standing beside himself
knew easy escapes
taught by the nurses
able to take himself
out of himself
and into places
where he felt no pain.
left scars and nightly distress
suspended his boyhood
but he kept himself
within himself
and turned the abuse
into a purpose.
and is now convicted
and worlds away.
more sure of himself
the little boy
would rediscover immaturity.