Pinpoint

                                                                    

                                                                    

I thought I wasn't angry

But I realise that I am

Though I have pinpointed why

 

It’s because of you

My life was turned upside down

And I had to leave

 

Leave the place I was me,

The place that I felt secure

Where I know I was loved

 

I had to go to a place

Where I never fitted in

And was regularly isolated

 

No one really cared

My feelings were rarely spared

As the bullying continued

 

I was hurting daily

Words speared my heart

And entered my head

 

I was made to feel low

As if I did not belong

I was daily rejected

 

Seven years of misery

Trying to keep on going

To keep my head above water

 

I tried to leave the pain

To let it all go

And disappear completely

 

But I was stopped

Can’t remember if I was grateful,

Or do I live in resentment

 

They say time heals

But that is just a platitude

As more time is needed

 

Time can’t completely heal

Love is needed too

Then the healing process can begin

 

Jo Anne Kennedy

October 2022