There was a man

He was not handsome or ugly

He was an average man

Everything about him though was special

His trauma, his pain

His looks, his touch

This man came to me one day

Not as a friend nor enemy

He was simply an instructor

A man who would show me the ways of the world

A man who would teach me about life outside the rooms

A man who would lead me to an open and free world.

He has such a gentle demeanor

But the way his eye would stare into me

Like predator and prey

But he was my James

All of the pain and torment

Everything about him was mine

But he didn't realize it

Until it was too late

When we were forced to leave

My little James will always be with me