"And everyone had to keep quiet then"

(until today) I looked in a book of secrets and read "Raped by the church youth director" it said To my age a line of mine from a page Of my youth and the truth but hideous A trace of that place so insidious So how before now when nothing more shocked Until someone snapped then the doors were locked And everyone had to keep quiet then Or someone would get in trouble again At the direction of the director Each of the directed an inspector Trapped in a sad place sick and mad and dark Where life was bad there my choices were stark So I kept quiet and faded away Not knowing what to say (until today) +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMXI