Bright

Cold

Impersonal

Thing

Alone

Not human

Worthless thing

Broken heart

Shattered life

No love, there

Only fear and pain

A child

A fragile thing

Terrified and humiliated

No comfort

An emotionless voice

“Compose yourself.  Go back to class”

A child

Frozen at a door

Unable to go back like nothing happened

Child

Breaking at a friendly voice

A brave face

A life fallen apart

A family at odds

A child

Trapped

Scared

No escape

Loss upon loss

Fear and pain

Discord

Dark

Darkness

All is darkness

No light

No love

No hope

Deep

Pain

Swirling

Chaos

Darkness

A wandering soul

Trapped

Lost

Afraid

Where is the harmony of laughter?

Where is the love of a human?

Not human

A child

Just a number

Just a case to be solved

Years later

Still not human

Just a fragile cracked shell

Hiding

Afraid to get close

Afraid to lose the new family

Afraid

Alone

Trapped

Unable to reach out

A quiet voice

Crying

Where none can hear

A locked door

A closet

Stinging eyes

Silent

Tears tracing their way

Down quivering cheeks

The bitter taste of salt and copper

A knotted throat

A bitten cheek

A strangled cry in the middle of the night

Choked

For silence sake

No one must know

Just a shell

A child inside that shell

Needing touch

Fearing touch

Emotions

Locked away

A brave, smiling face

Emotions

Emotions of then

Fading, but still present

Apathy

Fear of feeling

Fading

Healing

Scents

Light

Swirling colors

In the breeze

Love

Joy

Peace

Hope

On its way