In The Darkness

The unplanned pregnancy...the unwanted child.
Neither parent is ready or prepared...
for the responsibilities of parenthood.
Each tragically viewing the newborn baby...
as a mistake and an unwanted burden.

Unfortunately too, even before birth...
the baby has paid the price for its parents addictions.
Its small developing mind and brain, before and long after
absorbing and internalizing all that it was exposed too.
The caused and resulting damage being irreversible.

The baby in time becomes a small child.
And is raised in an non-nurturing and toxic environment.
And tragically, is continuously being subjected....
to ongoing psychological and physical abuse.

The small child grows into a young teenager...
becoming in time a young adult.
He or she can only identify with the darker side...
of human nature and life; mirroring to a degree their parents,
for that is all they have come to know.

Some will intuitively know something is wrong.
This for them, will be their salvation.
In the darkness a light begins to shine.
At first, just a flicker, then brighter and brighter,
and a rising star is born.