There are other wars, wars that lie in the heart and not on a great field somewhere... |
War While our inner pain shows like battle scars Our war was long and we fought hard The pain remembered and the hurt still stands We fight to mend the rifts, ignoring them as they expand We sought to bring peace to torrent hearts We died inside reborn, then fell in parts Our lives were together, the separation was found Our love for each other stood its ground And in the mist of war our battle cries were loud Yet silent as the pain no one heard a sound We brought on more while we adjusted in vain I never saw the light, darkness took the gain Freedom was a mystery and never seen The secrecy and humility was foreseen Our best smiles reserved for the greatest tears And the deafening screams were our most awful fears In battle the lives lost were our inner child Yet in war, while facing pain we only smiled The war wasn’t what most would expect It was a fight over abandonment a battle of neglect Our mother was the commander on the enemies side Siblings in war as each others allies We fought to escape all her abuse Fought to be loved by her, we were used Like veterans in war, the problems persist The oldest will never understand why the mom would resist The middle sees such a monster in her reflection And the youngest fights a need for affection Our lives in turmoil, but we will survive We lost the battle but we won the fight… Jessicca Hoffmann 10-5-06 |