It Wasn't Meant To Be Poem by Lesa MRK

We took the food nobody wanted
We ate it because we need it for nourishment
It wasn't meant to be degrading
But it left a stain of shame I'm unable to forget

We stayed in the house where it was dirty
We lived behind its walls because we needed warmth
It wasn't meant to be forever
But the memory of it haunts most dreams

We held a gun in trembling hands
We needed it so we had a chance at life
It wasn't meant to cause pain and destruction
But its boom still explodes from deep within the mind

We wore the clothing left upon a discarded heap
We needed it to hide our unwilling nakedness
It wasn't meant to make us stand out as different
But the scratchy fabric caused tender flesh to blister and bleed

We drew in the air that belonged to others
We needed it so we had oxygen to sustain our lungs
It wasn't meant to burn or choke our souls
But the unfairness of it left tears within sad eyes.