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A Darkened Room A Pissed Off Boy
Depressed And Alone He Goes Through Life
He Has No Friends To Turn To And Ask For Help
There Is A Gloomy Demeanor In His Sad Stride
This Chair This Room And A Very Young Boy

A Noise Fills The Room That Pierces The Ears
A Flash That Ignites The Room With Light
A Split Second Of Regret And its Gone
A Splatter A Crumple And Darkness Conquers
The Room Engulfed In Silence Not A Sound

His Tears Run Down His Cheeks As He Wishes
That His Pain Would End And Leave Him Be
It Fills His Body Like A Poison That Confuses
And He Can Think Or Function Anymore
A Second Thought Flushed Out Of Mind

A Noise Fills The Room That Pierces The Ears
A Flash That Ignites The Room With Light
A Split Second Of Regret And its Gone
A Splatter A Crumple And Darkness Conquers
The Room Engulfed In Silence Not A Sound

A Crumpled Tear Stained Paper Reads Goodbye
Family And Foes Are The Same And One
Too Much Agony For One Child To Bear
Forgotten And Lost Slipped Through The Cracks
Barely Able To Speak To Them From Fear

A Noise Fills The Room That Pierces The Ears
A Flash That Ignites The Room With Light
A Split Second Of Regret And its Gone
A Splatter A Crumple And Darkness Conquers
The Room Engulfed In Silence Not A Sound

A Broken Chair Lies In A Dark Puddle
Holes Punched Through Walls In Anger And Rage
A Frightened Child Makes A Final Choice
No One To Run To For Escape From A Fear
And Now We All Cry A Single Tear

A Noise Fills The Room That Pierces The Ears
A Flash That Ignites The Room With Light
A Split Second Of Regret And its Gone
A Splatter A Crumple And Darkness Conquers
The Room Engulfed In Silence Not A Sound

Anger And Rage Were Free To Roam Here
They Weren’t Confined and put In Their Place
Fear Fills The Air Like A Smell And Stench
This Boy Was Scared And Bruised ABUSE is No Joke
A Poor Decision To Escape The Overwhelming Fear

A Noise Fills The Room That Pierces The Ears
A Flash That Ignites The Room With Light
A Split Second Of Regret And its Gone
A Splatter A Crumple And Darkness Conquers
The Room Engulfed In Silence Not A Sound

TKT 12/13/05