Melanie C. Campos ~ MahTame

THE SCAR REMAINS

Wounded kids
See beyond pain
Realms of other
Worlds sill remain

Childhood trauma
Begets lonely life
Caught in secrets
Trapped in its strife

Therapies are long
Medication forever
Creativity is refuge
True peace seems never

Laughter echoes
Giggles of the wee one
Who would have known?
The ugly deeds were done

Peeking sometimes
Through hardened walls
Safety is the shroud
Dysfunctional shit recalls

We want to live freely
Growing up is damn hard
Yet tis a life in this world
Can’t erase what’s scarred