Do I Dare

Do I Dare
Do I dare surrender
The fears I harbor in my soul?
The painful memories I remember
Of sacred times so long ago.

When eyes that wept
and lips that pled
hid neatly out of sight.
And ghosts of waking hours,
abided in the night.

With morning came a ray of hope
The journey would be sweet,
I trudged to reach the distant castle
with calluses on my feet

The castle door closed fast behind me
and with nowhere else to go,
I knew my fate was forever sealed,
So no one would ever know.

As court convened, the king and queen,
did lead the blind procession,
of children who, unknowingly,
became their prized possession.

At day's end the king ascended
to deliver his admonition.
That safety was his promised gift
for maintaining "our" position.

As the years passed
My castled slowly crumbled to the ground.
Amongst the ruins I searched in vain,
But shame is all I found.

So do I dare surrender
the fears I harbor in my soul?
The painful memories I remember
Of sacred times so long ago..
Mimi