Young and carefree,
I believed nothing could touch me.

Until the day that they came,
And brought with them a thing called pain.

To me it was new; it was frightening and cold,
It made me believe I had no one to hold.

No one to run to, no one who cared,
I learned to show it only if I dared.

It stays with me to this day,
Watching me slowly crumble away.

Those who brought it are long gone and free,
Never realizing what they did to me.

They laugh and play and have a world to see,
While their shadows still haunt me.