Makes Ya Wonder

Ya know
I bin thinkin'
Well, like a little kid gets hurt
Like hurt bad by a big person
Ya know, kinda sexual like
Ya know what I mean
Like a really big hurt
And the kid has to carry it around

I got hurt like that
What a load to carry
But ya know, you'd think
When you get bigger, like grown up
Well, that load wouldn't be so heavy
You can see that, eh?
Well, I'm bigger now
So that hurt should be smaller
Ya know, relative and all that
But nope, it's still real big and real heavy
Well, somedays heavier than others
But what I can't get is
How that kid carried it around
The remembering and all
Maybe it's like them bugs, ants, I think
Than can carry stuff around
That's six times their weight or somethin'

Makes ya wonder

Barbara Peer Calvin

SHAME, FEAR, SILENCE, GUILT,
SEXUAL ABUSE IS TOO HEAVY FOR ANY CHILD
TO CARRY THROUGH LIFE