Stages of the Burden: This painting shows how the Burden/Weight of Abuse that began early in my childhood got heavier and heavier in my life until it Crushed me and I collapsed with the pain
By Gabriel Orion Marie
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the menace had been that good, that precise
that even a little girl felt trapped -- when writing alone
he scared her to a point where it was easier to forget
and erase the page
the menace that is at every turn,
and leaves her chasing butterflies, in the fields
-- Is was but years later
She remembered why, why the fairy dust circle was there
It was for the monsters -- for that ugly smiling one
-- Hidden in the cupboard, dark
Her fathers smile would bring her nightmares
Screams, of weird fright, illusions of the night
-- Nightmare under the covers, dare to be spoken
The circling fan, that made noises, praying
The creaks, squeals and whistles -- as she listened to his footsteps
-- Noises that go bump in the night, it was real
She would sit in her circle, protected
A childs' remedy -- a childs' delight, safe in her minds eye
-- Today in her office
Sits a circle painting, slowly she smiles
And she stares at it, softly -- as they walk into the room
Can you see it Dwelling within my soul That silent memory Hurting me internally And as I see it There trembling in its mystery I walk slowly And touch it, it burns me With a deep intensity that I run That I cry, and do not return And chose to forget its mystery And I sit down, with the flowerpots behind me And stir my teacup in the shadowed sunlight Many years later And notice my hand shaking It is the memory Resurfacing, just as I stir my tea And I forget And then as I plant the flower The following spring In the pots, the hot sun Causing beads of sweat on my forehead I notice my breath is gone Not because of the weather But the silent memory And as I watch the tv, I realise The memory does not go The memory will return And the only way to resolve it Is to show its Soul to the moonlight. Don't run from it, turn and face it. |
Its the monsters breath Getting slight He is trying to get at you With all his might He is trying to scare you now As he did before And here you are trying to calm and more You thought this would be easy Not as hard as this You have been given ideas To return to bliss You dont want to lay vunerable To the monsters teeth And really you know Whats lying beneath But what if he's not, that monster in disguse What if he is just a nice kind man Who wants to help as he tries It is your filter, the monsters put on Effecting you now every year on The panic you feel, is the filters glare Reminding you of the times back there All I know now, is you can escape You can keep yourself safe Not put up with his hate You have the power, deep within That little girl loves you Your protecting her from sin So here is a flower She gives you for now She lets you cry, she lets you howl She lets you shake, she lets you ball She lets you walk, she lets you crawl You have held her hand, through the worse terror yet Something 99 percent of people would rather forget You can protect her, you can get through The courage is right there Because You love You. |