THE CHILD WITH NOWHERE EYES
I see the child with nowhere eyes
I hear the child with no voice
when it cries
I see the child with nowhere eyes
trying to tell the truth
while others believe the lies
I see the child with nowhere eyes
asking where is my family
everyone has one
why not me
what have I done so wrong
I see the child with nowhere eyes
trying so hard to fit in
to be like all the others when his body
just won’t do
what it is is supposed to
I see the child with nowhere eyes
able to do what others find impossible
yet his words are dismissed
as fantasy
or he’s told off for taking things too literally
I hear the child with nowhere eyes
as they turn the key
as they lock him away
as they don’t know what to do with you
crying their lonely tears
with no-one to hold them to love them
to say you’re okay
special in your own way
Now I see the adult still trying to fit in
still the child with the nowhere eyes
I see them clearly
when I look in the mirror
for you might understand
the child with the nowhere eyes
is me
©merimaat Kev.T. Brown 2022
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