Broken

She shivered from hearing the creaking of the door.
Was stripped of her innocence. Knew she would find it no more.
He had been drinking…was out of his mind.
When he entered the room, she knew it was that time
To experience what kept her awake every night.
Her body taken, then taken advantage of.
Being forced to take what no little girl should.
Her mom heard her shriek.
Never bothered to help because it was a ‘secret’.
Anyone would be fooled with the look of her smile.
Not knowing her life was essentially taken with his vicious style.
She knew it wasn’t normal but didn’t know what to do.
So her world stayed bruised, stayed blue.
Self-esteem, it hit rock bottom.
Trying to hold-on to childhood, she didn’t bother.
Could no longer see a future
Because she no longer looked farther.
Life forever damaged by the derangement of her father.