Sworn Silent

My boy was murdered

I was made to watch

As he slowly bled out

Right in front of me

He was stabbed in the heart

By a person I knew,

But I could not tell,

As I was sworn silent

If I broke the silence

I had been warned

That this wasn't the end

My suffering would continue

I knew I had to obey

As my heart was broken

And my life torn apart

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015