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I Once Was a Helpless Child.
It's hard to remember when
I smiled frequently
I once was a helpless child
I wasn't a pack a day smoker
I wasn't paranoid of others
I didn't have a reason to be
I took value in promises
I thought there was a heaven
And everyone was going
I was four or five I think
My life changed in a bathtub
When the stranger undressed me
He put his nude body next to mine
And planted the darkness in my mind
A mind I've long since lost
In a forest of fears
It isn't irrational anymore
I'm a man in hiding from eyes
Reoccurring nightmares
I had to explain to her why
Sex is a little painful even now
Because even if I enjoy touch
It still sets off an alarm
One I can't seem to disarm.
I smiled frequently
I once was a helpless child
I wasn't a pack a day smoker
I wasn't paranoid of others
I didn't have a reason to be
I took value in promises
I thought there was a heaven
And everyone was going
I was four or five I think
My life changed in a bathtub
When the stranger undressed me
He put his nude body next to mine
And planted the darkness in my mind
A mind I've long since lost
In a forest of fears
It isn't irrational anymore
I'm a man in hiding from eyes
Reoccurring nightmares
I had to explain to her why
Sex is a little painful even now
Because even if I enjoy touch
It still sets off an alarm
One I can't seem to disarm.
Published 17th Oct 2019
| Edited 18th Oct 2019
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