Never Turn Around
They want to know my answer
They want to know it soon
Everyone has their eyes on me
Silence has engulfed the room.
But I just stay silent
Barely meeting all their stares
It seems that time has stopped
And I am taken back there.
Back to the things that we all saw
The things we tried to tell
They said that things would be okay
The lies that they did sell.
Things kept getting worse and worse
But they stuck to their lie
They claimed they were looking into it
Everything would be just fine.
They told us to keep silent
They said never tell a soul
Things can’t get any worse
Things were under control.
It went on for months this way
Our problem never solved
They insisted there was no reason
To get higher powers involved.
Then one day the threats got worse
We didn’t know what else to do
We told our story once again
If no one listened, we were through.
They did report the incident
But to what avail it did
We were all still scared to death
After all, we were still kids.
One week later to the day
Our problem had gone viral
The blame was being thrown around
And our lives began to spiral.
We still followed their instructions
Telling only a small few
The tales of what really happened
And some people already knew.
We never said how we were dealing with this
At least I never did
Anyone who knows me well
Knows I keep my feelings hid.
No one knew how many times
I stayed awake in bed
Scared tomorrow would be my last day
Playing it all out in my head.
I had made a promise
Before I was in too deep
I didn’t know what i was getting into
But it was a promise I planned to keep.
I promised that I would keep her safe
I’d do anything I could
Even if it meant I would get hurt
I promised, so I would.
I snapped back to reality
Only a second had gone by
So I did what they were known for
I started to spit out a lie.
I said that I was doing great
Everything was safe and sound
And soon after I had left
I vowed never to turn around