Divine Intervention

Beautiful little girl Devastatingly beautiful The birds would start chirping when she walked past Her mother’s daughter they all said A mirror image And suddenly she was shocked by love 5 years old being undressed like a doll Caressed and bathed so lovingly Such gentle touches That no one suspected Mother found a new piece to her heart Wedding bells chimed And a new father was born 5 years old she was…just 5 This beautiful little girl found love in her “new” father’s arms He held her close, sometimes too close But no one suspected She didn’t know this love was pain wearing a mask She learned that love was… Shielded from the eyes of her mother Night visits to her room from her father Year after year For 15 years this was the love she knew She felt invaded, alone and abused She told her mother About her new father…the man her mother loved She didn’t acknowledge, wouldn’t bring herself to see What the water so clearly replayed in her view The mother knew, just knew That her husband would, couldn’t ever Never…bring pain to his daughter, never Little girl, what does it feel like to be loved? It feels warm, and wrong but gentle Strong hands unclothing you Caressing your body as if you are a grown woman With a glorified body to worshipped and pillaged over Little girl, what does pain feel like? Closed doors…darkness…my father…naked Hopeless Beautiful little girl Devastatingly beautiful Pain paraded as love Molestation masked for discipline When your daughter cries out When she cowers in corners And doesn’t trust the dark When she says love is just another word Just another synonym to let him abuse her Trust what she has to say… I was that beautiful little girl and now I am a woman plagued with fears Some nightmares you cannot outrun And some memories only God can wipe away The blood of all my pain is on my mother’s hands "I forgive you" Beautiful they say… It’s a mask for something more