Lessons Learned II
It began as just a game,
One that all children play.
She searches for a place to hide.
"Come with me!" She heard him say.
Not sensing the danger,
Of what he had planned.
As her frightened eyes fill with tears,
Her cries are muffled by his hand.
This scared, this frightened child,
Clearly does not understand,
Why such pain is thrust upon her.
Will this nightmare ever end?
Molested by her cousin,
Barely into her grade school years.
~She can't tell what has happened~
Fearing her father's rage,
After too much whiskey and beer.
She's like a frightened rabbit,
Not knowing where to turn.
Once more she retreats within,
It is the safest place, she has learned.
~
The Lessons Continue
~
© 2000 Jo Riley Dupree
It began as just a game,
One that all children play.
She searches for a place to hide.
"Come with me!" She heard him say.
Not sensing the danger,
Of what he had planned.
As her frightened eyes fill with tears,
Her cries are muffled by his hand.
This scared, this frightened child,
Clearly does not understand,
Why such pain is thrust upon her.
Will this nightmare ever end?
Molested by her cousin,
Barely into her grade school years.
~She can't tell what has happened~
Fearing her father's rage,
After too much whiskey and beer.
She's like a frightened rabbit,
Not knowing where to turn.
Once more she retreats within,
It is the safest place, she has learned.
~
The Lessons Continue
~
© 2000 Jo Riley Dupree
1 comment:
Retreating within is the safest place I can go also. No-one can get at you, you are yourself, but also fearing to come out..Mary
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