A Beast
A Beast
Only once you took my innocence away
your perverseness the mind to sway
I fled the house and climbed a tree
The fear that gripped me I’ll never be free
When you went back to your drink
My sanity pushed to the very brink
Fear and anxiety crushing my soul
My mother I searched for me to console
Tears streaming but no words came
I sat on her lap till her legs went lame
The story told she confronted you
The reality of your lies was due
Hatred and anger were unleashed
Forever you turned into a beast
I became a punching bag, a scapegoat
Mother and father, my future rewrote
When you died, I did not cry
A sigh of relief I sighed.
By Cathrin Stuart
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