A Crime

That icy hand that gripped my arm That breath that touched my neck The way he said those words They forever scar my soul Sent shivers and fears up my spine To lose all control would be catastrophic So I can’t be helpless yet. I won’t let him win I won’t be ashamed I will tell the world He will pay for his sin And I will just suffer A broken child once innocent I was free, until he ruined me. All of time was changed In that instant when I ran His hate never caught up I made it home I was lucky while others aren’t so I made it out alive A victim of a crime.