I was just this happy little kid
Playing toys, playing dolls,
Lovely, smiling and splendid.
I was just this happy little kid
Discovering the world,
Clueless, careful, timid.
But one day, all became dark.
Trapped inside a small, cold room,
lights in my eyes lost spark.
It started. It startled.
From a single knock on that door
Clueless, careless, struggled.
I was trapped by the unknown,
Sucked the soul out of my childhood.
Suffocation. Darkness. Apparition
I was trembling in fear,
Undressed, yet frozen
By the touch, and whisper in my ear.
I escaped that haunted room.
Those blank white walls, I've never forgotten,
I am still consumed by invisible wounds.
The next day, it happened again,
Sucked the soul out of my childhood.
At four, I was already frozen.
~
Maxine Loyola, 2021
Artwork by: Ivan Lester Castañeto
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