The Wall of Silence

Hello ther’pist, my old friend

I’ve come to talk to you again

Because a nightmare boldly creeping

Had me crying in the cold of day

And the feeling that was planted in my hurt

Makes me hurt

I’m twisted by the wall of silence

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In my dreams I’m never alone

Not allowed to even moan

Night after night in pain I sweat

Soak my sheets with agony and dread

With his urge he comes with no heeding for my plight

Almost ev’ry night

Hiding behind the wall of silence

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And in the light of day, she saw

With pleasure, greed and maybe more

Seeing hurt and pain without speaking

Sharing my disgrace without caring

Allowing things mothers should never accept

So as child I’s kept

Behind a wall of silence

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Day in and out I was afraid

Unsure what I should or could have said

Who would have listened to my woes?

I am sure that everybody knows

What went on behind those nurs’ry doors

And what was kept behind

That wall of silence

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And the people far and wide

Fainted ignorance and so did hide

From responsibility and acknowledgement

And with that this innocent child they sent

To a life marred by scars on broken wings and bitterness

Full of loneliness

Never getting over that wall of silence