Childhood Stolen

In a fog, a daze
Yet I remember it all so clearly
The moment my childhood was taken away
And cause my heart to fear

Grief and sorrow had already consumed me
For a loved one had just been lost
Who would of thought this very night
My family would pay the cost

For in a brief moment
Intruders they were
Took whatever they wanted
Without the slightest care

To me they offered comfort
Tried to keep the peace
To my mother hurtful words
A gun behind her seat

They made her leave me with them
Knowing she would return
She could have saved herself
But came back for me instead

They made her take her clothes off
And drove across the bridge
I remember thinking
Are we going to live?

They left us in the marsh
Drove off with our car
Had taken everything with them
But not just physical was lost

For in that very night
My eyes we suddeny opened
To how this world can be so cruel
For a moment goodness is forgotten

Until I look around me
You see all who care
My friends gathered around me
For me they are always there

I gained my strength from them
That’s the only way I survived
I could not let them take me
Let them scar my life

In memory of my Nanna
For she will always be missed
Her life was lost the day before
That night she was my peace