Child Like Dreams

As a child I learned to feel
Learned to feel the pain
The pain that others sought to deal
The pain of things they did

Words they spoke to my ears
Feeding to my brain
Corrupting my thoughts
Killing my soul
Harming my spirit so.

The pain that I felt most
Came from those words
Words not spoken by kids
Not heard on the playground
Words in my parents voice
Words my parents said
Words that echo in my dreams
Words that will never die.