Afraid of the Dark
Daddy never told me
it was OK to fear the dark
or what lay inside of it
and here it’s left the mark,
of a neglected child
who didn't know what to fear
as the darkness appeared,
midnight chimed near.
Shadows beckoned from all sides
and the little girl doesn't know,
she calls out to a father
who will never show.
She tries to hold it in
because daddy never said
that his little girl could hide
from the monsters in her bed.
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