Best Wishes

I never saw your wedding photos Never saw until yesterday, the faded pictures I never saw that shocked look of resignation- Unhappiness, boldy staring from your trapped eyes The realization of just where life had placed you: At the center of a circle Of disappointed relatives: your new family Blaming your presence and your motives You who came to them behind a babies cries And the one most of all, who should have been Protector of you: he threw the first stone Behind closed doors, Stone you never saw nor knew of, Stone that sunk you to the bottom And insured that all those smug, smiling faces Would never really know or understand you. Perhaps you took out all your pain and vengeance On anyone who came within striking distance- That was your prerogative But, with only a few glimpses of your true soul (You always keep it so well hidden, And it really is beautiful) Here's hoping that maybe someday You will feel safe enough To finally allow it some freedom.