promise of nurture and love
dawning of life, stark reality
a replacement for what was lost
there will be no legitimacy for you
keeping secrets not your own
lying to protect the guilty
wanting and wishing and praying for more
left with nothing and no answers
there will be no security for you
normalcy something experienced in media
in large blended families and in song
watching the lives of others with longing
yet trapped in the life of your own
there will be no family for you
a gift of thinking, one to exploit
used to plan and fulfill an escape
no resources to pursue the ultimate dream
resolved to settle for the expected
there will be no dreams for you
with no understanding of unity
no sense of feeling safe and secure
reaching out to fill the hole in your soul
used, abused, exploited, discarded
there will be no honor for you
hiding from a return to your past
marriage full of hope, promises, fear
aware too late the error of judgment
ensnared in a life not willingly chosen
there will be no fairy tale for you
honesty shared becomes a barb
meant to gore you through and through
your heart’s blood spilled, wasted
on a failed dream and promise
there will be no romance for you
resentment turned against you
your soul under constant attack
verbal assaults meant to destroy you
in an attempt to control and manipulate
there will be no love for you
in a life such as this
where human needs for survival denied
how does a spirit survive unscathed?
how can hope and love still burn from within?
there will be no peace for you
there will be none of these for you
your life is forged in this fire
growth and expansion from this fire is
God’s gift bringing an understanding
There will be release for your spirit in the fire of God’s love.
I am popcorn.
Debbie 2010
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