Cat of Nine Tails

By Peter A. Todd

 

 

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With eyes wide open and deep in thought

 

I reflect upon the stinging pain in my back

Asking myself why my mind was wrought

Of such whippings for which I did not ask

Each time I felt the stabbing pain

I would think of the mother I did not know

Of the loving kindness of my protective sister

Who in my dreams covered me from each blow?

I asked myself back in my younger days

Why I was taken away in such haste

Then I recalled what strangers would say

That I was lying in my own waste

So dear Lord the sands of Time have past

The faith I have in you has let my body heal

Looking back these many years passed

The answers of my crying heart has been revealed