But, We All Knew You Lied
Through the eyes of innocence
You saw yourself laid bare,
And because you could not handle it,
You made yourself not care.
The pleading eyes of a frightened child
Clutched your heart each time,
But you couldn’t face yourself just then,
So your child became just slime.
The silence roared through fiery eyes
That continued to hope and plead,
Wounded, alone, and buried alive
Under a heart that would continually bleed.
Why? The eyes asked.
How could you do it? They cried.
But, I love you, you said,
And the child wouldn’t believe you lied.
ã19 January 1992, Daphne Yvonne Bradshaw.
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