Atone
Patrick Benignus Bennett copyrighted
　
Raggy-arsed boy, you, raggy-arsed boy
Who was it, that causes you down generations cry
Poor, raggy-arsed boy, deep rooted cry cry cry cry
　
Do you know, twas not the’Christ
That caused your mind in childhood die
Was not the’Jesus, who causes pain regurgitate
　
Raggy-arsed girl, who introduced you to your hell
Twas not, the’Mother of the’Crucified
Emotional; Physical; Mental; Sexual; Spiritual
Abuse
　
You! Suffered; Recurring
Each day of you; Suffer
　
Raggy-arsed child; they stole you!
Brother, Sister, Father, Mother superior!
Religiously they came to steal you.
Raggy-arsed child Raggy-arsed child Raggy-arsed child
　
Those, that survive
Do you forever wander shadowed corridors
Submerged murkiness within- your only crime
That you were child, without sin, child
Vulnerable, frightened, small, voiceless soft target
You were child you were child defenceless you were child
　
You who ‘survive’; through torment torture terror
Turned-out to fend that new batch take your position
Turned-out to, turned into, institutionalisation, ’life’
Of medication, Alcoholism; Drug addiction;
Dysfunctional relationships; Homelessness; Suicide?
Few made it through, to be
　
To be, made suffer further; State
Religious bodies, of denial
Deceitfulness, Greed

Raggy-arsed adult; you
Are loved, for your endurance
You are loved, for your truth