My soul tasted a morsel of life's
Divine majesty
So young I was in the
Heat of some magical
Spirit
Although pain and sorrow
had dogged my heels, an
Unpronounced bliss had
warmed my deepest
Sorrow
As a child I could walk
The streets of Virgina Avenue
But I dare not step over the
Curve for fear of a beating
She was so unkind to me
I was so small and helpless
I needed a mom, a mother
With a loving touch
But my world was filled
With the hateful sounds
Of cursing
Fists pounding on the
Table..
Please don't hurt me
Please, love me just
A little
I was afraid of everything
Of everybody
I could not consentrate
In school
I was falling behind
Surely I would fall
Through the cracks
I so wanted to tell
Someone
Somebody please save
Me from this dark cloud
That has killed my joy
I knelt down in the middle
Of the street and asked God
To take me away
I pleaded to him in the
Tears of a child
But the cold winter
Dragged on and
My starving and
Frightened heart
Closed in upon
Itself
The high school
Principle said, ' The
only thing I can
Tell you son, is that
You won't be living
With these people
Forever
I ran away from home
And the police picked
Me up more than once
I had to face the reality
Of my destroyed childhood
Locked in my room
Locked in the basement
Deprived of anything human
After six years of this god cursing
The Social worker took me away
From foster home to foster home
Abused
Put down
Crushed in all the innocence
Of childhood
Left bedazed in a whirlpool
Of self hate with tears I
Could only submit to
God himself
"Is there a reason I
Asked him?"
Why has all this happened
To me?
I was fifteen when I
Asked him that
Question
When I was eighteen
His spirit came to me
And burned love into
My soul like nothing
Ever written
He lifted his hand
Upon my cheek
And whispered
Words to me
That would make
The angels cry
I've been a puddle
Of joy ever since
Would you like
To know what
He spoke to
Me in spirit?
Well, it's in
My poetry
I whisper
My love to
You!
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