Inside Out

How could I have known?

I was still a child then.

I wasn't looking for trouble.

My silence should have spoken volumes,

But no one noticed the signs.

Or they just didn't care.

How could they be so blind?

And now I'm scared,

Inside and out.

And I hide it so well.

I still blame myself for what they did.

Could I have stopped it?

I should have stopped it.

I was so young and stupid.

How could I have let it go so far?

What is wrong with me?

But I'll hold my tongue.

Because in the end,

No one really cares.