Seeing What's Not There (standard:poetry, 313 words)
Author: Lori	Added: Feb 08 2012	Views/Reads: 2084/1431	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
2nd poem in the child abuse series. Sometimes you can't see what needs to be seen from the outside. Most of us hid parts from the world. But often times those are the things that need to be seen the most.

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with darkness and nightmares. 

Others remember the happiness of that day. 

I recall the guilt and shame I had to bear. 

Also of wanting another life. 

One in which I shared in their laughter. 

Shared the dreams of a prince charming. 

In the make believer's happily ever after. 

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But that wasn't my life. 

Nor do I wish that now. 

What is in the past, is passed. 

One long ago day I made a vow. 

Don't look back when you can look forward. 

Don't dwell on the past when the future is bright. 

Don't wish harm, or evil, on others. 

Only when you achieve this will the butterfly take flight. 


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