Weakness

My heart was broken

a million pieces when spoken

those words

you can't take them back

nor swallow

like broken glass

cut me

sharp shards shattering shallow truths

I

I

I may have prayed

I may have prayed

My blood flowed from me

My life flowed from me

My mind flowed from me

My naivety, my naivety the undoing of me

But do I shoot the messenger?

But do I hang the messenger?

The bearer of my life's seeming end

end...

end...

Those few words that you can never un-hear

those few words that brought fear

those few words that long before spoken

stomped and ravaged

pillaged and savaged

sent innocence into hiding

confusion sent rising

lines seen and ignored

bringing forth a roar

of destruction...

(heavy breathing)

Give us our lives back

Give us justice

Give us peace

Evil stares over fences of protection

intimidation tactics lost on the mind of brave youth

You don't bring fear

you only receive sneers

your invisible hands have no jurisdiction

your insanities do not have permission

to dwell here

I...

We....

send you back

as our growth

shows