A mother gone
Safe warm arms
Stolen...
from her
two-year old
daughter...
New arms and faces
kindly enough
reach out to her
But she learns
...too late...
where her mother
went
Confusion and uncertainty
new faces and places
fear and
loss
no belonging place
to call her own
no okay safe place
and many very hurtful ones
...you'd better not tell
...of course not....
she forgot
she never learned to listen
no one ever heard her voice
they didn't know she had one.....
she didn't know
...she had one.
shellacked....
painted over
shoved down
no thinking or feeling
here
no talking
nobody home
covered up
with coats and coats
and layers upon layers
of
shellac
all sealed up
no life here now
no air to breathe
what life to live?
How do you do that?????
no one lives here
people look and don't see her
there
is she stuffed
like a doll?
Who is she
anyway....
new names and faces
over and over
no belonging here
no safe places
always trying
to find
acceptance
and
a place
to belong.......
Apr 11, 2016
Apr 11, 2016 at 12:34 AM UTC
A mother gone
Safe warm arms
Stolen...
from her
two-year old
daughter...
New arms and faces
kindly enough
reach out to her
But she learns
...too late...
where her mother
went
Confusion and uncertainty
new faces and places
fear and
loss
no belonging place
to call her own
no okay safe place
and many very hurtful ones
...you'd better not tell
...of course not....
she forgot
she never learned to listen
no one ever heard her voice
they didn't know she had one.....
she didn't know
...she had one.
shellacked....
painted over
shoved down
no thinking or feeling
here
no talking
nobody home
covered up
with coats and coats
and layers upon layers
of
shellac
all sealed up
no life here now
no air to breathe
what life to live?
How do you do that?????
no one lives here
people look and don't see her
there
is she stuffed
like a doll?
Who is she
anyway....
new names and faces
over and over
no belonging here
no safe places
always trying
to find
acceptance
and
a place
to belong.......
