AFTER
As I sit here thinking
I wonder how I’ve managed to change.
My childhood was taken away from me.
Since the age of three, I have been an adult.
But I have changed.
Acceptance has claimed my soul.
How could it not?
I will not die in incest’s wake, I won’t!
I don’t make a lot of money
But I am the richest woman in the world!
Not many people love me
But I am loved more than anyone.
I think of my dad
And I frown
He never helped me
And so I feared all the more.
I think of my mom,
and I smile.
I remember the laughs and cuddles,
But I remember the tears as well.
It hurts me
There’s nothing I can do
But since I am loved,
I can take on the world.
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