cry for the innocent

Cry for the innocent
The Child defiled
Cry for those
Raped and or Beaten
The Predator smiled
for those who's souls,
It has eaten
Hidden,What guile
Trusted
loved in everyday roles
Secreted, as those from Eden
Parent? Teachers? How Vile!
I'm cold , stir the coals
The Priest,the uncle or even
His Friends
Even those strangers
Whom Smiled and pretend
There are no means to these ends

Cry for the child
that is lost
For our Apathy has
such a greater cost
you turn your head in disgust
As you disregard their trust
It dares to steal their Self ,their worth
Right from birth
to the death shroud suture
They see no future
How many self butcher
From the the shame
the self blame
From false guilt
from continued predation
force them to lose faith
How can they look us in the face

9/25/04 John Royal