No One

[Tiffany Call-Black]

How did I make it this far?

I sat back, and I watched.

Others who were happy

People who were loved.

Those who had support.

I had none.

I had no one.

Alone, adrift in a world of darkness.

Secrets kept

Because no one heard

No one listened,

No one cared,

No one believed.

There was no one to teach me how to cope

Or what it meant to feel safe and secure.

I had only me

It had to be me.

Hand over hand, crawling out

Making it on my own.

To learn how to trust, I had to become trustworthy.

Struggling to earn companionship

Then friends.

But I could never share

What had brought me there.

I would be shamed, I would be cast out

If they only knew.

Now, it is too late, it can’t be told.

All I have gained, would be lost.

I would again have

No one.