Broken Wings

You treat her like she's trash

triggered by your past

You never gave her the chance to fly

Broken her wings and left her to die

The guilt you felt was never lasting 

Cuz all you dealt with was forever lambasting

You may think breaking wings, bleeding strings, loosened flings, patriarchal kings

Are the way of doing things

The thought of going home is frantic

The safe place is actually antic

The home was never fantastic 

The unhealed wounds gaped for years

Distrust of self and plaguing fears

Oh how the bird is broken

Unable to fly like the rest in the world that wrests freedom

The condolences with vile flashbacks are petrifying

Well she won't be testifying, for she has no voice in this world   

Unlike many, she's locked up in a cage 

Unable to engage, clearly this ain't no stone age

You took away all her innocence 

Left her in a ditch where the trust in cold

She wakes up to your galling voice

Where all you did was cavil

Ruptured eardrums and never-ending migraines 

The truth is starting to unravel