By Amaranth Rose
You do not have to know my name;
By my actions you know me best.
My tension's high when you're at
rest.
I watch, alert for any danger
there may be
Hidden in your gesture, touch, or
outstretched hand.
Always first I question, "Will
you do me harm?"
Even when your kindness should
not be in doubt.
As lost as children, sired by a
less than lesser god
Upon a world not eager for our
presence.
Thrust coldly into being in a
world that makes no sense,
Forbidden simple screams, allowed
no complaints;
No one believes our truth so we
lie to get by.
Our truth is too dangerous for
the others to hear;
Too monstrous is our pain; too
overwhelming our fear.
My legacy from a life of danger
Makes every person, known or
stranger
Suspects first; unknown dangers;
To be met with apprehension.
Flight at the first sign of
discord or strife
Might not be gracious but it has
saved my life.
I'm just not sure what I'm saving
it for anymore.
The best steel is made in the
hottest flame;
If that's true then I must surely
be the very best
For I have survived the severest
of tests
On my way through the crucible of
Life.
What destiny brings a child forth
Who never feels a sense of worth,
A misbegotten Grendel from life's
"oops" bin.
Can you be therefore a little
kinder,
A little gentler to these damned
souls
Whose crucibles were left too
long in coals
Not meant for ordinary living
things?
Perhaps we're meant for Heaven
after all,
We've known more demons than
Lucifer after the fall;
Could Death be anticlimax after
all?
Survivors of the crucible, these
afrighted children,
Need some gentle gathering-in to
lead them
Into some sheltered lee to bring
them
Close enough to normalcy to
realize
Some sense of kinship with the
rest;
Close enough to realize all are
one species;
That, "We are all of one
blood, thou and I."
We exist as if a race apart,
Perhaps defective from our start,
Born without choice into our
part;
Too coward to escape, too
frightened to be led.
Solitary creatures slinking
silently in shadow,
Wearing armor the finest that
mankind can make,
Protected from hate, pain, danger and love; especially love.