This is my first time trying out poetry, but I actually really liked it. Please review and tell me what you think – praise and constructive criticism alike. Thank you!
Prisoner.
No home for the little boy who is lost within
Just a world of fear, nightmares and sin
Mommy is gone and Daddy has lost it
A little boy who knows not the crimes he will commit
More than a solider, but less than a son
Daddy has done things that can never be undone
Revenge and rage fueled acts so sinister
He turned his little boy into a prisoner
His baby brother, so young and innocent
Who would become an unwilling participant
In a cycle of sacrifice and self-destruction
As love and guilt turned the little boy into his own obstruction
Imprisoned by adversity that would never cease
His humanity was stripped piece by piece
And then rebuilt again by selfish hands
Who assembled him to obey his demands
Taught to think of his own self last
His skin was thick but his heart was glass
A deadly fighter and a trained solider
Who felt as if the world rested on his shoulder
No home for the little boy who is lost within
With so much emotion hidden behind a grin
A prisoner of a war fought inside his head
He hangs from such a breakable thread.