October 2020 – The world according to RedCat

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In the silence of pandemic lockdown
I heard all victims crying
The mourning ones
The deathly sick and dying
Even louder
I heard the sound
Of children, women, men
Knocked around
Beat and bullied
Ridiculed and sullied
Used as de-stressors
For domestic oppressors
Broken in way’s not known
Suffocated, starved, shattered
Soul torn
Feeling all alone
Unless you’re one of the doomed ones
Left dying, broken and bleeding
In front of daughters and sons
So, if you ever see
Even a glimmer of hope to flee
Believe!
It’s worth it to be free!
It will be struggle and hardship
But there’s opportunity for kinship
Chance for healthy relationships
Monsters begets ghosts
Hard to shed
In your head, and under your bed
Disturbing your sleep
With nightmares hell deep
Makes sanity hard to keep
That’s why it’s SO important to know
Most people, carry scar’s they don’t show
We survived ascenders
Rise from the pit
Naked without defenders
Strong, fast, weaned on grit
Stars with hidden splendors
No more, are we bruised pretenders
Like ninjas we stalk quiet and unseen
Full of survival smarts
We’re reborn, free emancipators
Living betwixt and between
Hiding broken lionhearts
What we lack is self-belief
And systematic cohesion
We’re drowning in grief
Trapped in trauma illusions
What we need is firebrands and champions
Friends to watch our backs
Trustworthy companions
Harbouring us as we heal
If the downbeat
Forcibly meek
Ever got their say
They would seek and hunt predators
Night and day
If the abused ascenders ever close rank and file
Monsters would lose their fake superior smiles
Knowing they stood against
Pain and hurt
Rivalling the greatest military might on Earth
©REDCAT