Scared Minds

A Child in thought to those yesterdays,Nightmares awakened, to pain, whichwas entombed,  and should have stayedlocked away, To remembering walls, thatwas crawled, but which never gave way, To looking up with tunnelled eyes,From pits which were deeper, than bottomless mines,To where hearts never saw the light of day,Their lives paused, and dreams turned toDrowning in tears that swelled to turbulent sea’s, And hands that once cradled, now soldTickets so that games could be played,Children stripped; their minds chastised, despised,Dragged across stranger’s knees, while Oliver’sLooked on, Begging; no more sir if you please, Bill sikes looking, smiling, holding on to keys,which could have been used to set them free,Sadly; Nancy was nowhere to be seen,To Busy entertaining the new masters,Being taught; in how to comfort thee,  “Yes” I too remember little voices, screaming,“Pleas help me”, Nightly locked awayLost to me, were thoughts, I’m sorry for being me,The souls of little ones keep locked away,Until age turned the key, and set them free,