The Hidden Child
A story as typical as the last
Hatred infused with the past
The fear of losing a child so intense
A child has lost all sense
Of freedom
Desperate for attention, recognition, help
He turned to the internet, a strange device
To speak without his mother’s prying eye.
A girl determined to escape
The date of her father’s doing
She reaches to the internet, in all of its glory
Who happens to speak to a boy so lonely.
They converse, so lonely in their own way,
The boy’s beautiful mother jealous of attention taken
The girl’s sisters allowing a jealous rage
Who are you
A single text
You can’t know
His reply
He cheats and lies
The sisters cry
So they track the lonely boy’s phone,
Finding the principal’s son
His heart clenching in despair and betrayal.
No longer allowed to see his love
He despairs, breaking his mother’s heart
She chastises the girl, but upon hearing her cries of remorse,
She forgives,
And the girl is reunited with the lonely boy
His heart now full
Forgiveness for all who falter was shown
Thus is the story of Psyche and her Eros