The Three R's
an awakening in three acts
based on a true story
Act 1;
restrictions
Rehearsed evil drama playing on year
after year after year
Every word, meticulously, maliciously,
purposefully designed
Slicing hurtful words, cutting
gleefully away at the minds flesh
Total capitulation the goal of these
ongoing sadistic acts
Reticent star, head bowed, subject of,
subjected to, unending abuse
Insidious actions openly displayed for
a horrified audience
Choreographed dance of macabre
applauded by Satan himself
Twisted sub plot, rewritten daily for
brand new crushing effect
Incarcerated, chained to the will and
whim of the beast
Obscenity’s ugly face flushed in
it’s own excitement
New salvos unleashed in attempts to
forever sink a soul
Sardonic smirk ignorantly unaware of
it’s own impending fall
Act 2;
rehabilitate
Realities harsh face, fantasies hopeful
dream, colliding in the void
Every tear that fell, was in truth a
silent scream
Habitat, confining as a cage, home is
freedoms range
Aching cannot be permitted to go on
lest the soul be lost
Bold not brash, steps taken to ensure
this divined path
Illumination, soft pure star light
focuses the window of the mind
Learning to love thy self, learning to
honour thy self
Inroads made, feeling returns, numbness
fades away
Taunts and barbs, washing off without
the slightest trace
Angry, vitriolic filled screams, a
monumental waste of breath
Tether forever broken, coiled neatly,
placed in quaking claws
Enough, never again shall anyone shame
this life’s light
Act 3;
resurrection
Reborn, rising up from the cold dead
ashes
Electric, fire purged, new Phoenix
rises brilliantly
Secure and confidant, majestic wings
unfurl
Unhindered, excitedly anticipating
untried flight
Released, soaring cautiously ever
higher in the sky
Relief and warmth soak in with each
beat of the wings
Entire saga of darkness retreats to
distant memory
Complete understanding, compared to a
dog is not treated like one
This rebirth’s pain filled
beginnings not to be forgot
Injustices remembered solely for the
sake of lessons learned
Openly, joyously, lovingly, flying
freely in the sun
New birth from black hole complete,
shining bright for all to see