child molester

i hold myself prisoner
underground
in a dark dungeon

this
little child
who in innocence
didn't know her words
meant something bad
to adults

and seeing their reaction
she was frightened
but did not have a clue
what to do
or not to do

confused
and tentative,
her laughter stifled

now she must
walk slowly,
at first sign
of another's discontent,

try something else,
this that the other
until a smile appears
again

and a moment of reprieve
is earned


dear little angel,
you cannot be deficient
in any way

your loveliness remains
behind
your guardedness

i slowly enter
this dungeon

where so long ago
i locked up
this babe

child molester
of my Self

innocence
buried
underground

behind a crime,
a sentence
with no foundation,

the light in the darkness
has never gone out

the star in the deepest mine
under all the rubble,
all the fear ever imagined,

innocence survives

survives

breathing
still

in perfect radiance

reality
reality
reality
baby girl
innocent flesh

Being
what she Is