no-one heard his cries' lament,
knew the secret of his torment,
in the basement, in the shadows,
lying stretched where no-one goes

no-one witnessed the silent feeling
secret something that left him reeling
left him feeling violated
without friend. isolated.

it was the first but not the last,
start of descending spiral,
beginning of sorrowed past
stopped him fighting for survival

stopped him breathing G-d's pure air
stifled him with dark despair
saddled him with weight of care
broke his innocence, a sullied mare

no-one knows the harm that's done
by the bullies of the world
the cycle of self-harm begun
the stories that remain untold