I Haven't Cried but Once

I haven't cried but once

Though I've shed a million tears.

Locked deep within my heart,

Amidst the hidden fears.

I haven't told of it at all.

I keep my lips sealed tight.

No one can truly understand

The nature of my fright.

I haven't walked alone at night.

I know I do not dare.

Shadows reach right out at me

As if someone were there.

I haven't called my ghosts by name,

Although I know them well.

I'm haunted each and every day.

In all my dreams they dwell.

I haven't taken breaths so deep

In countless troubled years.

I'm scared to laugh and scared to cry

And drowning in my tears.

By Kimberly Morton