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Acid Tears
Lurking deep in my darkest fears
A monster weeping acid tears
The uncle coming to my bedroom door
Calling me his little whore
I hate myself wish I was dead
As he spurts his vileness in my head
Mine is a lost and tortured soul
Never again will I be whole
Childhood killed at the age of ten
Never to return again
And on and on though teenage life
A living hell of fear and strife
On my birthday now eleven
He says I’ll show you the gates of heaven
He lies on top my legs spread wide
He pushes himself so deep inside
With pain and shame I’m overcome
Can’t even cry I feel so numb
Spirit broken,innocence destroyed
And every abusers trick employed
I’m kept compliant remaining silent
He tells me of things so evil, violent
That he’ll do to all my family
And my little brother only three
Oh god in heaven if god there be
Please take my life and set me free
Hold me in your loving keep
In the oblivion of eternal sleep
At fifteen I find strength to fight
And when he comes I scream that night
Parents come what’s going on?
Uncle mumbles then is gone
Moves from our house that very day
Dad won’t hear what I have to say
Won’t hear your lies me or your mother
A good man your uncle, my only brother
It’s all your fault I hear them say
And now you’ve driven him away
With poisonous fairy tales and lies
Now I’m the one they all despise
I’m silenced now an empty shell
Who will listen? Who can I tell?
A monster weeping acid tears
The uncle coming to my bedroom door
Calling me his little whore
I hate myself wish I was dead
As he spurts his vileness in my head
Mine is a lost and tortured soul
Never again will I be whole
Childhood killed at the age of ten
Never to return again
And on and on though teenage life
A living hell of fear and strife
On my birthday now eleven
He says I’ll show you the gates of heaven
He lies on top my legs spread wide
He pushes himself so deep inside
With pain and shame I’m overcome
Can’t even cry I feel so numb
Spirit broken,innocence destroyed
And every abusers trick employed
I’m kept compliant remaining silent
He tells me of things so evil, violent
That he’ll do to all my family
And my little brother only three
Oh god in heaven if god there be
Please take my life and set me free
Hold me in your loving keep
In the oblivion of eternal sleep
At fifteen I find strength to fight
And when he comes I scream that night
Parents come what’s going on?
Uncle mumbles then is gone
Moves from our house that very day
Dad won’t hear what I have to say
Won’t hear your lies me or your mother
A good man your uncle, my only brother
It’s all your fault I hear them say
And now you’ve driven him away
With poisonous fairy tales and lies
Now I’m the one they all despise
I’m silenced now an empty shell
Who will listen? Who can I tell?
Published 2nd Dec 2012
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2nd Dec 2012 4:05pm
Wow. This conjured up a lot of emotions in me. The words also flow quite nicely. Good job.
Thank you for your kind comments. My other poem "Tell" follows on from this and has a happier outcome!
27th Dec 2012 9:26pm
what is wrong with some parents. I divorced mine when I was 12 and it's the best thing I've ever done. Do your parents know now or will they always beleive the uncle?
27th Dec 2012 10:30pm
Hi Shauna,
Thanks for reading what must have been a difficult read for you.
My sister told me in such graphic detail I felt able to write in the first person.
All concerned are now long dead I'm still here a healthy 70 year old and I keep truckin.' I guess the truth was too hard for parents to bear and of course in the 1940's and 1950's no one believed kids anyway. Do they today? I'm still not so sure they do although progress is being made.
Thanks for reading what must have been a difficult read for you.
My sister told me in such graphic detail I felt able to write in the first person.
All concerned are now long dead I'm still here a healthy 70 year old and I keep truckin.' I guess the truth was too hard for parents to bear and of course in the 1940's and 1950's no one believed kids anyway. Do they today? I'm still not so sure they do although progress is being made.
