Cold Heart

Young tenderness soon

learns to grow up tough
exposed edges are torn loose
keep them in tight and close
let no chinks show in the armour
act big and hard showing nothing
show no emotion to the outside
to attract a taunt or slap
an aggrieved heart rages inside
volcanic lava flow smolders
contained in a rock hard cover
bursting to unleash a torrent
of hot spewing red anger
so long held in and now
I can be all these hidden things
it tears in side it rips and cuts
knowing i am who i hated
crushing young  spirits

with words and fists
me - you no one wins
this life my life is hard
how dare you dream
dare we 
hurt
PEACE