CAUSE AND EFFECT by Y. Byran                     Betrayed once                     Betrayed twice                     Never trust again                     A child lost                     Ignored and forgotten                     Becomes a lost adult                     Her feelings obsolete                     Assertiveness never repeats                     The wounded retreat                     Suppressed, Oppressed                     Worthless trash                     Taught through abuse                     To be self abusive                     No self esteem                     Or Self worth                     Life not valued                     Is not valuable                     To the inner child                     Consumed by rage                     Others see                     What they label                     Without knowing                     What the cause is                     They pass judgment                     Teach others to judge                     And point fingers                     Everywhere but at                     themselves                     Little respect is learned                     When love is demonstrated                     Through pain                     Silence is promoted                     Health is disregarded                     Never tell the secrets                     Never laugh, or play                     Don't confide, or bond                     Eventually all will be taken away                     Ripped from the inside                     Blinded from the outside                     Sent into war                     Without a weapon                     Sent into madness                     Without any support                     Born strong                     Not a problem                     It will be beaten,                     Smothered, Isolated, and                     scolded                     Out of you                     Before you have a chance                     To use it against them                     Mixed messages                     It will all be okay                     But it isn't now                     So when will it be                     Kept in a room                     In a closet                     In the darkness                     Within your soul                     Entrapped in the wrong                     Because nothing you do                     Is right                     Anticipate rejection                     Know you are ugly,                     Unloved, and not wanted                     How will you ever learn                     To love yourself