BY THE THROAT OF A GHOST

 

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I promise

I won’t lie

I am broken

Slashed open

Innocence stolen

And parts of me

Are provoked

By the throat

Of a ghost

Forming words

That cursed

The world I see

Coerced and hurt

A past rehearsed

For many decades

I constantly revert

And my heart blurts

It’s pain into reality

And my capacity

Is minimized

My maturity

Is criticized

My progress

Is victimized

And all I can do

Is ignore those who

Can’t sympathize

And look past those

Who simply demonize

And focus my strengths on

My responsibilities

My capabilities

My flexibilities

And all the wonderful

Possibilities there are

To learn, to grow

And to do better