So young

He was so young,

So little,

So innocent

So small

He was so small,

So meek,

So unknowing,

So fragile

When it happened,

When his mother disappeared,

And his father reappeared,

Out of the shadows of his past,

Taking the little boy out of the light, and into the darkness

Taking him out of love, and into hate,

Out of trust, and into lies

Out of life, and into death