My Tears Won’t Die

It’s hard for me to try to hide The tears that I hold inside To see others living happy and free If only they knew the real me Afraid to trust and make a friend Leaves me empty in the end My family has paid the cost Their mother and loving wife they have lost…

ON DEPRESSION

It comes silently and zaps you. It takes you away and leads you down the stairs to gloom. No one knows how deep you go and how hard it is to hold on. It wants to take you in its grip and lead you to your death. It takes away all of your joy, your…

Where was the Laughter

Where was the Laughter Just saw the tears Everyone’s hurting A life filled with fear Too much for a child Can’t possibly cope No help in sight Never had any hope                      –Anonymous

Trust

By Mary Beth & Jared Dragoon Verse 1 Bounded by the thoughts of past I can’t seem to unwind The one I believed in put me away To places I shouldn’t have been To places I didn’t want to go So there I was falling, falling Chorus 1 Taken to a place lies believed Where…

Victim To Survivor

As a child I laughed and talked and sang and danced untilI was given a reason to cry and told that I couldn’t.I longed to tell and I longed to die. As a child my body was groped and touched and used in waysthat no child should ever have to endure.I was afraid to tell…

Just a Little Girl

I was just a little girl So little, fragile and small I offered a token of my love But my daddy took it all I was just a little girl Hardly knowing wrong from right You asked me to lick your pee pee I just the perfect height I was just a little girl Longing…

Night as a Girl

I lay in bed Staring at the wall Waiting for it to come For the footsteps down the hall I hear the sound The steps upon the floor Approaching my direction Until they’re at my door I close my eyes I shake with fear “God, make him go” I plead with a tear But I…

Tears

Tears are universal, They speak a language we all know. They tell of hurt and sadness, And the fear we wish would go. We all cry tears for different reasons, Some from loss, some from pain, Some from being touched as a little girl, And knowing we’ll never be the same. With tears we try…

Where Were You?

I don’t know when it started, The beating, touching and kissing, I don’t know if you knew, But there was something missing. You were the missing piece, So I stood up for all, I needed you to stand for me And help me not to fall. You wouldn’t or you couldn’t, Whichever word fits right,…

You Are Mine – A Reminder Of Hope

It’s not your fault my darling It was not you who did the wrong Just grow and bloom where planted Even though the growing’s long It’s not your fault my love He chose the heinous sin Let it not hold back your beauty Of the blooming rose within It’s not your fault dear one Hold…