The Trials of a Pure Heart

I step into this world with love, limb first,

Not knowing what lies ahead, for better or for worst.

I strive to protect the people I hold dear,

Blind to the fact that I am the one who’s unsafe and in fear.

You lash out in anger and frustration,

 

And I blame myself for your senseless aggression.

 

You stab me with a sharp and hurtful knife,

 

Then belittle my pain and tell me not to cry.

 

I burn in the fires you so carelessly start,

 

I still manage to forgive you with all my heart.

 

You complain I was not there for you,

 

Ignoring the damage you put me through.

 

I forget my own pain and head up to your aid,

 

Bleeding and broken, my strength beginning to fade.

 

You haunt me with your cruel and merciless taunts,

 

Playing with my mind, making me feel like I’m at fault.

 

But that’s the thing about us innocent souls,

 

We get hurt and apologise for wrongs that were done to us as a whole.

 

It’s easy for you to make us feel like we’re the criminals,

 

Because we’re too pure and naive to understand we were the ones shot by your guns.

 

Yet I choose to do unto others as I’d have them do to me,

 

Hoping that someday, the world will see.

 

But innocence kills, in a world so cruel and unkind,

 

I must change myself, leaving this innocence behind.

 

Farewell to the world that once was my home,

 

A place where I thought I could love and freely roam.

 

I’ll heal my wounds and nurture my heart,

 

And step back into the world with a brand new start.

 

– Maroof