Where to now?

[..... to a friend]

Beautiful creature full of life
... you've paid such a huge price
to be walking this earth
They stole your innocence
with their callous violence
and their heartless rejections
....... stab you still

For a time it seemed
they might succeed
in taking your spirit as well...
.... but no..... your spirit now soars!

But the violence you've suffered
has left deep scars
The scars are not in your skin
... they're in your soul
and you've been robbed of precious dreams
and robbed of feelings of joy

Pleasure which should have been yours
has been blocked from your life
by the endless endurance
of mindless spiteful strife.

..... and now?

You're facing a choice......

You can either accept their victory
and accept that they have stolen your feelings

or you can reject what they've done to you
and claim back your feelings.....
...... claim back the pleasure

It's your right! It's your life!
Take the feelings into your mind.....
Don't let the death of your pleasure
be the bastards continuing victory

© Ian Croft July 2019