Abuse Of A Child

Tickets of defiance stamped on denial's forehead, acquaint- ing an outer world with the hatred of authority, silenced at every whisper, every concealed laugh. Being made to die whenever opening their mouth to say a word, always a saddened voice, choked back by force over the years, unrecognized. Stabilizing inherent ideas, crushed by the insistence of an abusive parent, mind collapsed because of pressures that nightly episodes create through lust. Wanting to whistle out loud, down tunnels instead, holding inner sounds tightly in check so as to escape the violence of authority. Porched under dilapidated structures, youthfully thought of as safe places, unsure of now, what faces them, a dist- urbance of renderings exiled from innocence and child-like behaviors.