The Scream of The Inner Child

My ears are pierced by an inner scream

Loud like a machine roaring rhythmically

In a language tells of the pain from a long-lost dream

So cryptic I fail to decode instantly

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My head aches in a subtle way

As dusts clouding over my sanity

Thoughts melt and drift away

In a void where echoes perish into eternity

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My arms feel paralyzed from the bones

Unable to stretch out and fight with dignity

Leaving flashes from the past all mingled

With no hands to undo the mess so ugly

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My neck is losing the tug-war against my head

Exhausted from constantly holding upward

Tight muscles sigh and hail a white flag

Regrets fill the air as eyes look inward

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Shameful mess well hidden in gems of success

So much needed to accelerate and get ahead

Yet even more to come to a complete rest

Sleepless nights with tears wetting the bed

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The inner child was hurt and beaten

Terrified and waiting for more than a hug

Her soft voice whispering with innocence

And her face suddenly shines with radiance

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S-e-l-f, her name is easy to spell

She understands me but I don't fully her

Her every feeling please do tell

In a language only I can learn

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The world now starts to furl

Like a musical rest preceding a crescendo

Recharge your heart as you unlearn and relearn

The inner child will gracefully grow old