I Fear Your Apology
/What would you like from me?
What would you like to see?
Perhaps the perfect child for me to be?
Or perfection for me to embody? …
What would you like from me?
What would you like to see?
Perhaps the perfect child for me to be?
Or perfection for me to embody? …
Sure we seem normal from the outside,
But look closer and you will see,
The crevasses and cracks appearing,
In this happy family…
It’s time I got my own
From a world that didn’t care
From a world that wasn’t home
Taken and laid bare
Taken before I had grown
My home turned into a lair…
Take away a man’s hope
and lace him up with dope.
Abuse him as a child
and expose him to the wild.
Show him that God does not exist
and remove all reasons to persist.
*** Trigger Warning ***
Paedophilia is disgusting and vile in all its forms. Predators use their positions of power to dominate, control and abuse the people under their care. They manipulate their victims with fear, cover up their actions, deny all allegations and ultimately blame the victims.
This problem is particularly rife within the Catholic church. In many circles, paedophilia and Catholic priests are considered synonyms. Whilst this is clearly an exaggeration of facts (there are many good, non-paedophile priests) there is a reason for such an associations.
Read MoreThere’s nowhere you can run to,
Nowhere you can hide,
Not when your problems
Are coming from inside.
You cannot escape them,
You cannot leave,
Now that blood is
Running down your sleeve…