I have a dark place that I try to hide.
We all do.
Some face we don't want to show to the world.
Some fear how the world will judge them.
I fear the harm I would do.
I wonder if the hurt I experienced as a child;
If the sense of helplessness that dogged my youth;
Is what sets upon me
Curls my lips
Narrows my eyes
And takes such pleasure in the pain of others
And of knowing that it was I that brought ruin to their world.
