Cries from Within ( edited)

The scars are so deep that they hurt her even still
No one has ever seen them and no one  ever will
They are tokens of the  silence broken on that  night
Reminder of those things that have escaped the light

So wounded and so broken the child that is  inside
Waits for some permission to bring her things outside
Yet no one ever  takes notice or ventures out to hear
What silences the child:and creates in her such fear.

So ashamed and afraid  she has nowhere left to go
She remains a hidden prisoner of so many years ago
Unable to speak outloud  everything she wants to share
The wounded child cries out but silence fills the air.