Lovely
Unbroken
Spirited and free
Blooming into womanhood
Nearly in her teens
Trusted one too many
Father’s rabid lust
Fairytales and childhood
Lie shattered in the dust

Blame
Insidious
Offered on a plate
Can’t escape reality
Knows it’s much too late
Told too many times
It is all her fault
Cycle has been started
Now it cannot halt

Inner child
Fractured
Buried desperately
Adult world hurting
Almost is thirteen
Relationships with others
Burying the pain
Trust
a false commodity
Nothing there to gain

Once
Childish
Seeking hard to learn
Now
Bitter
Adult rages burn
Schooling was so easy
Now it is no use
Nearly fourteen
Father stops abuse

Runs
Desperate
Seeking a new life
Drugs
Homelessness
Endless foetid strife
Standing on the corner
All is as it seems
Miniskirt
Thigh high boots
Selling rented dreams
..
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Next time you pass by sneering, remember why most of them are there
Remember that someone probably knew about the abuse
Remember that they said nothing
Remember the result of that
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