WHO broke your skin?

egon schiele "cowering boy"

WHO broke your skin, child?
            Was it a Mother or Father?
            A sister or brother?
            Was it a community leader?
            A trusted advisor?
            A peer or a lover?
            Or you?

WHO broke your skin?
            Left black and blue-purple
            Indentations and holes
            Blood and long scars
            Raw nerves now exposed
            And inside, left hatred
            And moreover, fear

WHO broke you, Son?
            I look at your face and think
            My god, what’ve they done?
            There is still boyhood there
            Suppressed behind eyes that
            Glaze over in disappointment
            I want to kiss your cheeks
            And coddle you with affection

WHO broke you?
            And for what justification
            Could they have possible found
            You magical, good being
            Don’t deserve less than anyone
            And would that I could
            I would go back in time
            And give you the world that
            You deserved to find