Perilous Thoughts

Poetic Prelude

Poetic Prelude


You say ‘get over it’ as if you understand
With your deaf ear you listen
Instead of empathy, you reprimand

Have you ever been hurt?
Left alone by family,
Mistreated like dirt?

For not a reason they treated you this way?
Guilty, you must be,
And you just don’t want to say

YES! I’m guilty, low-down and filthy
It is your job to condemn
Now take the blade and finish, wilt thee?

Cause, how dare I speak the truth?
Tell our familiar secrets and
Speak up as a youth?!

I’m sorry that I forgot my place
From now on I will remember
Not to invade such a space

A space in loving arms
That was supposed to be
Safe and free of harms

Excuse me if I elucidate
Try to make you understand
So that you no longer berate

Who was I but a child?
A little girl
So young, so tender and so mild

~~Sugaree~~