Can you imagine a child

Taught only to self hate

Questioning their very worth, validity & fate.

Taught blame and anger

Always at fault, deeply ashamed, superego gone berserk.

A subordinate and nothing else matters.

Revere one and only and repent to one and only

Like a god, an omnipotent force –

However this god remorseless and scheming, waiting to catch you off guard.

The only authoritative voice – the tormentor

Trying to prove your point pointless and existence insignificant.

Only a child, torn and feeble –

How to respond?

Exclaiming lies just lies – but no one to help or even believe you.

Alone in this world.

This child forever alone.

How to make peace with the battles and knifes that dug so deep?

A spirit that lives on, resilient and hopeful.