LITTLE NON-EXISTENT CHILD

I was a Non-existent Child.

I was to be seen and not heard.

I learned to fade into the woodwork.

I was unimportant, unvalued

and unloved.

I was a nothing.

I became silent and invisible.

Unheard, unseen.

There was no one to see my tears.

No one to stop the abuse.

No one to care.

I had no voice.

No one to help me know that I mattered.

I learned to stay out of the way.

I learned to hide.

I lived inside my mind, in my pretend world- where it was beautiful.

I internalized my anger and hate towards myself.

I took the shame and the blame.

It must be me! It must be me!

There's something terribly wrong with me!

I was a Non-existent Child.

But by the grace of God -

I CAME OUT OF HIDING!

I was on a long journey of self discovery and learning to love myself.

I learned; To thing own self be true.

I'M NOT THE NON-EXISTENT CHILD ANYMORE!