Faceless Grey Child

Faceless Grey child no Identity no name

A silent testament of anger and shame

No candles are burning no prayers have been said

After all you’re beaten, neglected and forgotten not dead

But they can rest easy and be of good cheer

For though you are broken and twisted by pain

They cry with immunity never again

Oh faceless grey child your life is a mess

How do you cope with the torment and stress?

Hold up you head and look at the light

Smother the horrors of darkness and night

Faceless grey child of sorrow and pain

Scream to the world NEVER AGAIN

A heart that is wounded and broken and lost

Perhaps it will be mended but at what bitter cost

By Jo Pincombe