Can't forget

I remember darkness

Feeling alone

Not knowing what to do

Not knowing if I should tell

Cramped in a small space

Maybe with someone else

But mostly not

I was alone

I did something

anything

I don't know

But I was alone

I tried to ask why

but I was greeted

with only hurt

and pain

I was alone

because I wasn't alike

I wouldn't let things go

I wouldn't say, "Ok"

It was dark

It was small

I was scared

I was alone

I told no one

I don't know why

I just didn't

It's how it worked

I would go everyday

Don't know why

I didn't even try

to say anything

If that day

I was even worse

I felt the sting

of a belt

It hurt

physically

emotionally

everything

I don't know why

I didn't say

anything

ever

I remembered

Later

In high school

I don't know why

I had counseling

depression

medication

and the like

It was hard

I'm still coping

But I can't

forget

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