Misunderstood

Misunderstood
By Amberly A.M. Oosthuizen

A boy,
In my dreams
In his mind
Far away...

He's trapped in an endless cocoon of engulfing thoughts and feelings.
I've seen this boy,
In a man's eyes
Long ago when the sky was still clear,

Inside the cocoon,
The boy screams and cries 
From the loss he has suffered 
And the pain he has caused,

The man , however, believes he can't feel the boy's screams
And it seems to the naked eye that he is cold and harsh.

But I have seen that boy 
And he will die inside the man
Like the embers of the fire,
Like the hope in my fragile, breaking heart....

© Amberly A. M.Oosthuizen 2014