Ages

 

Ages..

When exactly did all the problems start from?

I was 8 when all hell broke loose

He was a big brother in the neighborhood, I was the baby whom her mother protected like fresh leaves.

He touched me, he warned me not to talk

I fell for that useless threat 

And at 10, I was going to his house myself

By 13, abuse is what I crave with all my heart

16 and searching vigorously for something I should have waited for.

17 and drugs are my daily manna

18 and I'm the jack of all morally bad things.

How I didn't loose myself in the midst of that madness? I think my creator only has the answers to that.

I'm in my 20s and I can say I've grown too much

I'm wiser though but deep down, I know parts of me are shattered and scattered.

And I know you can relate and my heart goes out to us…

◎Black_Christian 

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